The framework has shifted from accumulation to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 23.4% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B. Technically it is holding around 34% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 142%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $5. Since the last review it its composite score rose.
W & T Offshore Inc
WTI · the NYSE · USD · Market cap $519M · 370 employees
W&T Offshore, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas producer, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of America.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenPrice as of 4 Nov 2026Daily close, not a live quote
Screened 2026-11-04 · the tape above runs as of 16:02 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
Key facts today
- Price3.21 USD at the 4 Nov 2026 close
- Our value readUndervalued vs our fair value, as of 4 Nov 2026
- Our regime readMarkup, as of 5 Nov 2026
- Ethical screenDoes not pass
- OptionsOpen interest leans heavily to calls (put/call 0.12)
- Last reviewed4 Nov 2026 (1 days ago)
- Release timesRelease and earnings times on your chart: Event Guard Mentor
A summary of the dated readings below, not a live quote and not advice.
Our fair-value range: $4.20 to $5.00, base estimate $4.60 (screen dated 2026-11-04).
- Trend Markup
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options put/call open interest 0.12, read 2026-11-01
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its markup label.
W & T Offshore Inc holds its Markup at $3.21. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 1 days.
| Phase | Markup |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 1 days |
| Price at the screen | $3.21 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · -26.78 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.24 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 38.04% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is 38.0% 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 | 20.94% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 20.9% of assets, under the 49% limit. | 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.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Falls Short, in Plain English
W & T Offshore's business is in a permissible area, but its interest-bearing debt is about 38% of the company, just over the ~33% line, so it does not pass on the financial screens.
Read as at 2026-11-05. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
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The Fair Value Range
Our analysis reads Undervalued vs our fair value, as of 4 Nov 2026: it trades at roughly a 23% discount to our $4.60 fair value, none competitive moat, 15.50% revenue growth.
How a fair value is estimated: discounted cash flow (DCF).
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-11-04 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 30.2% discount to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 2 covering, consensus Strong Buy. The average target sits +43% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere our models see it going: fair-value estimate $4.60, with a range of $4.20 to $5.00, dated to the 2026-11-04 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 WordsWhy it stands out
A 16%-growth business trading at just -26.8x forward earnings, with a none competitive moat. That is a 23% discount to our $4.60 fair value: the market is pricing it cautiously while the fundamentals argue otherwise. 2 analysts rate it Strong Buy with a $4.60 average target, about 43% above the screened price.
| Forward P/E | -26.8x |
| EPS, trailing | -0.95 |
| EPS, forward | -0.13 |
| Revenue growth | +15.5%steady growth |
| Profit margin | -27.2%currently unprofitable |
| FCF yield | 23.76% |
| Dividend yield | 99.00% |
| Current ratio | 1.00below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets |
| Beta | 0.24barely tracks the market's swings |
| Short interest, float | 0.19% |
| 52-week range | 1.50 - 5.08 |
| Moat | NONE |
| Market cap | $519M |
| Employees | 370 |
Another profit measure, before interest, tax and non-cash costs: EBITDA.
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.
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Every Entry, As Written
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 14.8% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A. Technically it is holding around 34% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 142%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $5. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A. Technically it is holding around 34% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 142%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $5. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A. Technically it is holding around 34% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 142%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $5. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A. Technically it is holding around 34% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 142%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $5. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 19% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 142%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $5. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 19% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 142%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $5. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 19% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 142%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $5. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework has shifted from markdown to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 19% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 142%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $5. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 4.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 65% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 142%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (2 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $5.
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| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $3.88 | +10.3% | $0.01 | $1,105 | +10.5% |
| 2 months | $2.75 | +55.4% | $0.01 | $1,558 | +55.8% |
| 3 months | $3.44 | +24.4% | $0.02 | $1,250 | +25.0% |
| 6 months | $1.69 | +153.2% | $0.02 | $2,544 | +154.4% |
| 1 year | $1.77 | +141.8% | $0.04 | $2,440 | +144.0% |
| 2 years | $2.02 | +112.0% | $0.08 | $2,159 | +115.9% |
| 3 years | $3.98 | +7.5% | $0.11 | $1,102 | +10.2% |
| 5 years | $4.36 | -1.9% | $0.11 | $1,006 | +0.6% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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