W&T Offshore, Inc. (WTI) Stock Analysis
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $3.10: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10 and A.R:R 1.9:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 19%; Elevated put/call ratio: 3.12; Below-average business quality.
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. The company sells crude oil, condensate, natural gas, liquids, and natural gas liquids. The company... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $3.10: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10 and A.R:R 1.9:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 19%; Elevated put/call ratio: 3.12; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 31d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: aggressive.
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2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $3.10: Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.7/10 and A.R:R 1.9:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 19%; Elevated put/call ratio: 3.12; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $2.94. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $3.91 (+26.5% upside). Prior stop was $2.94. Stop-loss: $2.94.
Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): Material insider selling (18 sells, 0.26% of cap), Negative free cash flow.
W&T Offshore, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -30.8). TrendMatrix value score: 9.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
7 analysts cover WTI with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $5.
What does W&T Offshore, Inc. do?W&T Offshore, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas producer, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and...
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. The company sells crude oil, condensate, natural gas, liquids, and natural gas liquids. The company also provides construction, drilling, and production activities necessary to retrieve oil and gas from its natural reservoirs, including the acquisition, construction, installation, and maintenance of field gathering and storage systems, such as lifting oil and gas, and gathering, treating, and field processing; and extraction of hydrocarbons, solid, liquid, or gaseous state, oil sands, shale, coalbeds, or other nonrenewable natural resources. W&T Offshore, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.