Common-Size Income Statement
Quarterly Data
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).
The financial profile exhibits extreme volatility in operating revenues and net profitability, primarily driven by the substantial impact of derivative gains and losses. While core sales remain the baseline, the net effect of hedging activities frequently overshadows operational performance, leading to wide fluctuations in the common-size results.
- Revenue and Derivative Volatility
- Operating revenues are heavily influenced by derivative settlements, which have fluctuated from a high of 54.45% of sales in March 2020 to a low of -182.58% in September 2021. This instability creates significant variance in operating income, often decoupling net results from the underlying sales of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil.
- Operating Cost Trends
- A marked reduction in the relative cost of transportation and processing is observable. These expenses peaked at 81.33% of sales in June 2020 before trending downward to 14.65% by September 2022. Similarly, depreciation and depletion expenses showed a significant decline from a peak of 64.78% in June 2020 to 11.33% by the end of the analyzed period, suggesting an improvement in asset utilization or a shift in the asset base.
- Non-Recurring Impairments
- The data reveals periodic shocks from asset impairments. Significant hits occurred in December 2018 through goodwill impairment (37.10% of sales) and in December 2019 through lease impairments (50.46% of sales). Losses on the sale or exchange of long-lived assets were most acute in March 2018 at 189.91% of sales, though these events became less frequent and smaller in magnitude toward 2022.
- Expense Management and Financial Obligations
- Selling, general, and administrative expenses remained relatively stable, generally fluctuating between 1.76% and 10.31% of sales. Interest expenses also demonstrated a downward trend, decreasing from a peak of 13.11% in June 2020 to 1.63% by September 2022, indicating a reduction in the relative burden of debt service.
- Net Profitability Trajectory
- Net income attributable to the corporation has historically shifted between deep losses and high gains. However, the latter half of 2022 indicates a transition toward more consistent profitability, with net income reflecting 26.49% and 18.51% of sales in the final two quarters, supported by lower operating costs and stabilized interest expenses.
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