CHRDChord Energy Corporation

$140.14

Is it safe?

Can CHRD take a bad year?

Chord Energy Corporation carries $1.25B of net debt at 0.74× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$1.25B

Net debt · as at Q1 2026 · under two and a half years of EBITDA, comfortable

Net debt / EBITDA
0.74×

Net debt / EBITDA · 0.31× a year ago · the load is going up

Altman Z-score
1.46

Altman Z-score · distress zone, below 1.8

Interest cover
2.12×

Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill, with room to spare

Details
Total debtQ1 2026
$1.48B
Cash and short-term investments
$226M
Net debt
$1.25B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$1.70B
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$193M
Debt / equity
0.18×
Total debt / EBITDA
0.87×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
40%
Worst drawdown on file
−99%
Below its 52-week high
−5.9%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.