Sunday, June 2, 2019

The 97 Largest Texas Oil & Gas Cos Total Pretax Earnings Collapsed to Down 35% in the March 2019 Quarter, After Blistering Increases of 426% in the December 2018 Quarter and of 195% in the September 2018 Quarter

Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Has Campaigned Several Times in and Will Be Returning to the State of Texas.  Thus, I Think It Might Be Helpful to Research Just How Texas Oil & Gas Companies Have Performed on the Pretax Earnings Front in the Most Recent Three Quarters.
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From a review of SEC filings, Google Finance and Market Watch Big Charts, I found 97 Texas Oil & Gas Companies with stock markets caps of above $1 bil sometime since the beginning of 2018 and which also disclosed their quarterly Pretax Income in all of the three most recent quarters.

My Focus is on Pretax Income rather than on After-Tax Net Income because Income Taxes are simply a transfer of financial wealth between US Corporations and the US Federal, US State and Foreign Governments.  It has nothing whatsoever to do with company operating performance.

When Total Pretax Earnings of the key Texas Oil & Gas Companies Sector drop so precipitously in just one quarter of time, the likelihood of a worldwide economic downturn, especially in the Western World, has increased significantly.

And if this precipitous earnings drop in this key Texas Oil & Gas Sector continues at the same pace in each of the next three quarters, then an economic recession is likely, at least throughout the Western World.

I find it particularly troublesome that when earnings collapse, the smaller companies bare more of the brunt than do the largest companies.  To illustrate here:
  • The 22 very largest Texas Oil & Gas Cos with stock market caps above $10 Bil saw their Total Pretax Earnings decline by 24% in the March 2019 quarter.
  • The Cos with market caps of $5-10 Bil had their Total Pretax Earnings drop by 45% in the same quarter.
  • The Cos with market caps of $2-5 Bil saw their Total Pretax Earnings decline by 97% in the same quarter.
  • The Cos with market caps of $1-2 Bil had their Total Pretax Earnings drop by 123% in the same quarter.
  • And the Cos with market caps below $1 Bil now but reaching it sometime since the beginning of 2018 saw their Total Pretax Earnings decline by a staggering 868% in the same March 2019 quarter.   
From SEC filings, the chart below shows the Gold-Standard US GAAP Pretax  Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations for the March Quarters of both 2019 and 2018, the December Quarters of both 2018 and 2017 and the September Quarters of both 2018 and 2017 for each of these 97 Texas Oil & Gas Companies.

US US US US US US
GAAP GAAP GAAP GAAP GAAP GAAP
Pretax Pretax Pretax Pretax Pretax Pretax
Income Income Income Income Income Income
Texas Oil & Gas Companies (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss)
Reporting Quarterly Earnings to the SEC March March Dec Dec Sept Sept
 in Each of the Most Recent 3 Quarters Texas Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter
Market Caps > $1 Bil  City HQs 2019 2018 2018 2017 2018 2017
mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $
Market Caps Above $10 Bil
Exxon Mobil Irving         4,289         7,240         8,121         3,017         9,080         5,583
ConocoPhillips Houston         2,687         1,776         2,672         1,325         2,906            653
Enterprise Products Partners LP Houston         1,293            917         1,331            803         1,346            627
Schlumberger Ltd Houston            509            643            648        (2,210)            787            677
EOG Resources Houston            827            813         1,088            413         1,446            146
Kinder Morgan Houston            739            706            775            324         1,201            547
Occidental Petroleum Houston            856         1,047            832              66         2,579            275
Phillips 66 Houston            340            717         2,918            654         1,975         1,256
Energy Transfer LP Dallas         1,306            716            850           (589)         1,341            584
Anadarko Petroleum The Woodlands            262            300            360             (72)            683        (1,066)
Valero Energy San Antonio            218            731         1,227            765         1,150         1,241
Pioneer Natural Resources Irving            453            228            412              62            529             (34)
Baker Hughes GE Houston            138           (105)            474           (147)            148           (243)
Cheniere Energy Partners LP Houston            385            335            351            374            307              23
Concho Resources Midland           (889)         1,089         1,891           (206)           (268)           (179)
Halliburton Houston            192            189            458            244            534            496
Plains All American Pipeline LP Houston            994            349         1,280            205            700             (11)
Cheniere Energy Inc Houston            340            615            235            284            230              88
Diamondback Energy Midland              10            225            392            106            202              83
Marathon Oil Houston              27            524            406            132            357           (458)
Cabot Oil & Gas Houston            341            157            325           (459)            162              25
Noble Energy Houston           (373)            543           (720)            292            307           (208)
Total 22 Cos With Market Caps Above $10 Bil       14,944       19,755       26,326         5,383       27,702       10,105
….. % Change From Prior Year Qtr -24% 389% 174%
Market Caps $5-10 Bil
Apache Corp Houston            165            388           (344)            278            406              93
TechnipFMC PLC Houston            123            228        (2,005)            168            201            230
Targa Resources Houston             (28)              48           (120)              34             (15)           (253)
National Oilwell Varco Houston             (85)             (63)              41           (138)              33             (40)
HollyFrontier Dallas            364            374            192            371            478            446
Buckeye Partners LP Houston              82            118            485            130           (745)            121
Phillips 66 Partners LP Houston            199            174            223            166            217            132
Texas Pacific Land Trust Dallas            176              55              78              36              63              49
Parsley Energy Austin             (36)            129              82              25            167             (20)
EnLink Midstream LLC Dallas           (133)              64           (236)              53              49              27
Total 10 Cos With Market Caps of $5-10 Bil            827         1,515        (1,604)         1,123            854            785
….. % Change From Prior Year Qtr -45% -243% 9%
Market Caps $2-5 Bil
Shell Midstream Partners LP Houston            137              65            148            103            154            100
CVR Energy Sugar Land            137            111            122             (61)            156              34
Transocean Ltd Houston           (179)           (149)           (133)           (111)           (439)        (1,231)
Black Stone Minerals LP Houston                9              42            164              19              61              22
NuStar Energy LP San Antonio           (277)            130                3              28              51              41
Holly Energy Partners LP Dallas              54              49              50              88              47              43
Magnolia Oil & Gas Houston              26              86              17              54              77              37
TC Pipelines LP Houston            100            103           (406)              70              65              55
Crestwood Equity Partners LP Houston              14              34              60           (120)               (5)             (28)
Kosmos Energy Ltd Dallas             (62)             (75)            287           (122)           (115)             (65)
Cactus Houston              47              28              44              23              51              23
Apergy The Woodlands              29              31              27              16              33              27
Patterson-UTI Energy Houston             (35)             (34)           (223)             (31)             (92)             (47)
Core Laboratories NV Houston              13              29              14              30              32              24
Total 14 Cos With Market Caps of $2-5 Bil              13            450            174             (14)              76           (965)
….. % Change From Prior Year Qtr -97% NM 108%
Market Caps $1-2 Bil Now
Range Resources Fort Worth                7              92        (1,833)           (128)              73           (200)
ProPetro Holding Midland              92              47              67              13              60              22
Southwestern Energy Spring            168            208            308            255             (29)              63
Matador Resources Dallas             (10)              65            136              34              25              18
Tellurian Houston             (34)             (25)             (32)             (35)             (33)             (22)
Viper Energy Partners LP Midland              40              43              39              42              52              27
Oasis Petroleum Houston           (112)                5            296             (75)              91             (60)
USA Compression Partners LP Austin                7             (24)                9           (234)               (1)             (10)
Ensco Rowan plc Houston           (157)           (122)           (180)           (166)           (120)               (5)
Oceaneering Intl Houston             (28)             (43)           (108)             (15)               (5)                2
BP Midstream Partners LP Houston              41              41              41              35              43              19
Dril-Quip Houston               (4)               (4)             (96)               (5)             (12)             (61)
Altus Midstream Houston                6               (8)                4               (6)                0               (3)
NOW Inc Houston              19                3              18               (3)              22               (9)
Callon Petroleum Houston             (25)              56            162              23              39              17
Frank's Intl NV Houston             (19)             (36)             (17)           (109)             (14)              90
Talos Energy Houston           (116)             (23)            309             (86)              13             (36)
Noble Midstream Partners LP Houston              63              39              57              46              49              44
Archrock Houston              17                2              17               (6)              13             (17)
Select Energy Services Houston                2              17             (18)             (15)              33                2
Diamond Offshore Drilling Houston             (77)             (25)             (66)             (35)             (56)               (4)
Hess Midstream Partners LP Houston              95              89              92              77              97              77
Vantage Drilling Intl Houston             (46)             (28)             (44)             (32)             (25)             (36)
Helix Energy Solutions Group Houston                2               (2)             (13)                1              28                1
Oil States Intl Houston             (15)               (5)             (14)             (15)               (8)             (19)
Total 25 Cos With Market Caps of $1-2 Bil Now             (84)            362           (866)           (439)            335           (100)
….. % Change From Prior Year Qtr -123% -97% 435%
Market Caps  > $1 Bil Since 1-1-2018 But Not Now
Nabors Industries Houston             (74)           (120)           (144)           (138)             (83)           (134)
Par Pacific Holdings Houston               (4)              15              13              16               (5)              20
Carrizo Oil & Gas Houston             (28)              28            264             (13)              82                8
Berry Petroleum Dallas             (47)               (2)            170             (41)              31             (16)
Riviera Resources Houston              17              88              16            306             (72)              48
Tidewater Houston             (15)             (36)             (83)             (26)             (30)             (51)
National Energy Services Reunited Houston              16                6              29              10              20              10
C&J Energy Services Houston             (23)              21           (189)              26                9                7
Keane Group Houston             (21)               (5)                6              42              33                5
FTS Intl Fort Worth             (55)              80              26              94              50              84
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure Houston              28              15              28              34              31                8
Denbury Resources Plano             (36)              54            223               (7)              94             (14)
Newpark Resources The Woodlands                3              10              15                6                6                6
Summit Midstream Partners LP The Woodlands             (37)               (4)              39             (18)              57              94
W&T Offshore Houston             (48)              28            139              22              46                4
Nine Energy Service Houston              18                2             (77)             (38)              15               (4)
Noble Corp plc Sugar Land             (60)           (140)             (87)           (181)             (93)           (128)
Penn Virginia Houston             (39)              10            201             (16)              16               (6)
Comstock Resources Frisco              18             (41)              65             (61)                2             (25)
Forum Energy Technologies Houston               (6)              15           (387)              85               (4)             (23)
Montage Resources Irving             (14)               (3)              36             (13)                4             (17)
Superior Energy Services Houston             (46)             (69)           (779)             (66)             (25)             (85)
Hi-Crush Partners LP Houston               (6)              53             (10)              42              27              30
Halcon Energy Houston           (382)               (3)            242             (93)             (82)            402
Legacy Reserves Midland             (78)              65              78             (25)             (45)             (34)
Weatherford Intl plc Houston           (465)           (210)        (2,142)        (1,872)           (172)           (226)
Total 26 Cos With Market Caps < $1 Bil Now        (1,384)           (143)        (2,308)        (1,925)             (88)             (37)
….. % Change From Prior Year Qtr -868% -20% -138%
Total all 97 with Market Caps > $1 Bil Since 1-1-2018
      14,316       21,939       21,722         4,128       28,879         9,788
….. % Change From Prior Year Qtr -35% 426% 195%