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Quicksilver Resources (FRA:QSR) Profitability Rank : 0 (As of Sep. 2015)


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What is Quicksilver Resources Profitability Rank?

Quicksilver Resources has the Profitability Rank of 0.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Quicksilver Resources's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was -283.20%. As of today, Quicksilver Resources's Piotroski F-Score is 4.


Competitive Comparison of Quicksilver Resources's Profitability Rank

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Quicksilver Resources's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Quicksilver Resources's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Quicksilver Resources's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Quicksilver Resources's Profitability Rank falls into.



Quicksilver Resources Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Quicksilver Resources has the Profitability Rank of 0.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Quicksilver Resources's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2015 ) / Revenue (Q: Sep. 2015 )
=-148.839 / 52.557
=-283.20 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Quicksilver Resources has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Quicksilver Resources (FRA:QSR) Business Description

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Quicksilver Resources Inc was organized as a Delaware corporation in 1997 and became a public company in 1999. It is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of onshore oil and natural gas in North America and are based in Fort Worth, Texas. The Company focuses on unconventional reservoirs where hydrocarbons may be found in challenging geological conditions, such as fractured shales and coalbeds. Its producing oil and natural gas properties in the United States are principally located in Texas and in Canada in Alberta and British Columbia. Its three core development areas include: Barnett Shale; Horn River; and Horseshoe Canyon. Additionally, It has an oil exploration opportunity in the Delaware basin in western Texas. The Company competes for acquisitions of prospective oil and natural gas properties and oil and gas reserves. Its oil and natural gas operations are focused onshore in North America, in basins containing unconventional reservoirs with predictable, long-lived production. Its current production and development operations are concentrated in its three core areas: the Barnett Shale, Horn River and Horseshoe Canyon. The Company compete for acquisitions of prospective oil and natural gas properties and oil and natural gas reserves. It also compete for drilling rigs and equipment used to drill for and produce oil and natural gas. The Company is subject to a number of federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations, whose purpose is to protect the health and safety of workers, both generally and within Its industry.