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The Screen · Energy · Oil & Gas E&P

HighPeak Energy, Inc.

HPK · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $931M · 50 employees

HighPeak Energy, Inc.

FAIL · Does not pass the screen
7.37 USD

At the last full screen
2025-12-31

Screened 2025-12-31 · the tape above runs as of 05:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its accumulation label.

HighPeak Energy, Inc. holds its Accumulation at $7.37. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 137 days.

As held on the ledger · 2025-12-31
PhaseAccumulation
Quantitative stateConsolidating, no directional conviction, held for 137 days
Price at the screen$7.37
ValuationN/A trailing · -33.48 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL · score 70.0
Beta0.36
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Does not pass. Debt ratio

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
Business activity Permissible Core business clean Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. Pass
Debt load 37.15% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is 37.1% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. Fail
Interest-bearing cash 0.00% Below 33% Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. Pass
Receivables 6.77% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 6.8% of assets, under the 49% limit. Pass
Revenue purity 0.45% Below 5% Only 0.4% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. Pass

Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

5.75Conservative7.88Base case10.00Growth case 7.37Price

Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2025-12-31 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 6.9% margin of safety to the base estimate.

The Street's Range
5.75Street low 7.88Street average 10.00Street high 7.37Price

Third-party analyst targets: 2 covering, consensus None. The average target sits +7% from the screen price.

Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.

Price History & Projections
$15.0$9.8$4.6TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONStreet high$10.00 +22%Our fair value$7.88 -4%Street avg$7.88 -4%Conservative$5.75 -30%

Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2025-12-31 screen.

Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.

The Business, in Plain Words
The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E-33.5x
EPS, trailing-1.15
EPS, forward-0.22
Revenue growth-20.7%revenue is shrinking
Profit margin-17.9%currently unprofitable
Return on equity-9.3%not currently earning a positive return on equity
FCF yield2.38%
Dividend yield274.00%
Debt to equity0.81moderate, manageable leverage
Current ratio0.67below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets
Beta0.36barely tracks the market's swings
Short interest, float0.43%
52-week range3.85 - 10.41
Market cap$931M
Employees50

The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

Where & How to Trade

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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-09-01 Markup $7.37 +0.0% Entry 5

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 26%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $8.

2026-08-01 Markup $7.37 -6.2% Entry 4

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 6.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 26%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $8.

2026-07-18 Markup $7.85 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 26%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $8.

2026-07-03 Markup $7.85 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Markup $7.85 Entry 1

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

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What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $5.97 +37.7% · $1,377 +37.7%
2 months $6.34 +29.7% · $1,297 +29.7%
3 months $5.69 +44.5% · $1,445 +44.5%
6 months $5.28 +55.7% · $1,557 +55.7%
1 year $11.13 -26.2% $0.08 $745 -25.5%
2 years $13.87 -40.7% $0.24 $610 -39.0%
3 years $14.32 -42.6% $0.37 $600 -40.0%
5 years $9.58 -14.2% $0.65 $926 -7.4%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever HPK does next, these words stay.

HighPeak Energy, Inc. · HPK · Accumulation · $7.37
Recorded 2025-12-31 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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