CHRDChord Energy Corporation

$140.14

Is the business good?

How good a business is CHRD?

Chord Energy Corporation earns 1.6% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

1.6%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 7.4 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
3.6%

Operating margin · Oil & Gas E&P median 30% · 12 months to Q1 2026

Share count, year on year
−4.9%

Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company

Gross margin
74%

Gross margin

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY202151%
FY202243%
FY202333%
FY202421%
FY20254.0%
Details
Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
74%
Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
3.6%
Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
−1.3%
Free cash flow margin
9.4%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$5.33B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$501M
Net income, trailing twelve months
−$67M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
1.6%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.