Whitcap Resources Earnings: Guidance Beat, 2027 Budget Steps Up
Whitecap slightly raised its full-year production guidance to 392,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and announced its capital plan and 2027 guidance.
Whitecap Resources Inc WCP
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls
Whitecap’s multidecade, diverse asset portfolio gives it strategic optionality that smaller players lack. It can respond to changing conditions by investing in its varying oil, condensate, or gassy locations.
Bears
Natural gas production in search of condensates will suppress prices for the foreseeable future. Whitecap has few options to solve the problem without buying existing or backing new pipeline capacity out of the basin.
Trading Information
- Previous Close Price
- CA$19.61
- Day Range
- CA$19.41–19.74
- 52-Week Range
- CA$10.18–20.79
- Bid/Ask
- CA$19.48 / CA$19.72
- Shares Outstanding
- 1.22B
- Market Cap
- CA$23.87B
- Volume/Avg
- 13M / 6M
Key Statistics
- Price/Earnings (Normalized)
- 11.34
- Price/Sales
- 2.67
- Dividend Yield (Trailing)
- 3.72%
- Dividend Yield (Forward)
- 3.72%
- Dividend Payment Schedule
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
- Total Yield
- 3.74%
Company Profile
Whitecap Resources is an oil, condensate, and natural gas producer located in Western Canada. Its assets include shale and conventional production. Since its founding, Whitecap has been an active consolidator, resulting in a multi-decade drilling inventory. At the end of 2025, it produced 380 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day, 51% oil and condensate.
- Sector
- Energy
- Industry
- Oil & Gas E&P
- Stock Style Box
- Mid Value
- Total Number of Employees
- 1,045
- Website
- https://www.wcap.ca
Competitors
Valuation
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Metric
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WCP
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CNQ
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OVV
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|---|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 11.34 | 15.39 | 11.78 |
Price/Book Value | 2.06 | 3.53 | 1.75 |
Price/Sales | 2.67 | 3.16 | 1.98 |
Price/Cash Flow | 5.40 | 9.04 | 4.46 |
Price/Earnings
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CNQ
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Financial Strength
|
Metric
|
WCP
|
CNQ
|
OVV
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|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 0.55 | 0.70 | 0.92 |
Current Ratio | 0.60 | 1.00 | 1.01 |
Interest Coverage | 12.76 | 17.73 | 1.71 |
Quick Ratio
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Profitability
|
Metric
|
WCP
|
CNQ
|
OVV
|
|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 10.24% | 11.61% | 12.41% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 17.79% | 24.19% | 22.86% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 14.65% | 18.70% | 16.15% |
Return on Assets
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CNQ
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