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Dawson Geophysical Company (DWSN)

Energy | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | Midland, United States | NasdaqGS
4.42 USD -3.15 (-41.612%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 4.42 0.00 (0.000%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:45 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★⯪☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:11 a.m. EDT

The short-term outlook is aggressively bullish, driven by a massive technical rebound where the stock has surged nearly 100% from its yearly lows, trading well above both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. This momentum suggests a high-conviction entry for a momentum play over the coming weeks. However, this price action masks severe fundamental deterioration; the business is trapped in a multi-year decline with a cumulative loss of over 80% over the last nine years and just two consecutive years of positive returns. The valuation metrics are distorted, showing a negative forward P/E due to expected losses and a price-to-book ratio of 10x, indicating the market has priced out the core business quality. Furthermore, the dividend is negligible and unreliable, offering no safety net. While the stock is flying higher now, the underlying asset remains a value trap with no sustainable growth trajectory.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.164540
AutoTheta0.172167
AutoETS0.184394
AutoARIMA0.239765

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 32%
H-stat 7.42
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.558
Excess Kurtosis -0.21
Attribute Value
Sector Energy
Ex Dividend Date 2024-04-18
Last Dividend Date 2024-04-18
Debt to Equity Ratio 94.213
Revenue per Share 3.101
Market Cap 137,253,552
Trailing P/E 27.63
Forward P/E -8.84
Beta -0.07
Profit Margins 4.91%
Website https://www.dawson3d.com

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2024-04-19 0.320000 19.047620
2012-12-13 0.408163 2.040815
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2024-04-19
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.32
lastDividendDate 2024-04-19
dividendDate 2024-05-06

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 4.6917295
Address1 508 West Wall
Address2 Suite 800
All Time High 32.94008
All Time Low 0.121831
Ask 5.67
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 273,640
Average Daily Volume3 Month 124,852
Average Volume 124,852
Average Volume10Days 273,640
Beta -0.071
Bid 3.93
Bid Size 2
Book Value 0.751
City Midland
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 4.42
Current Ratio 1.014
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 7.45
Day Low 4.3418
Debt To Equity 94.213
Dividend Date 1,714,953,600
Earnings Growth 7.224
Earnings Quarterly Growth 6.723
Earnings Timestamp End 1,754,942,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,754,942,400
Ebitda 12,366,000
Ebitda Margins 0.12848
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.736
Enterprise To Revenue 1.636
Enterprise Value 157,489,552
Eps Forward -0.5
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.16
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,713,484,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 4.5082
Fifty Day Average Change -0.08820009
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.01956437
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 469.17294
Fifty Two Week High 7.85
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.4299998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.43694267
Fifty Two Week Low 1.26
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.16
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 2.5079365
Fifty Two Week Range 1.26 - 7.85
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 765,552,600,000
Float Shares 6,127,346
Forward Eps -0.5
Forward P E -8.84
Free Cashflow 1,805,625
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 269
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.22645001
Gross Profits 21,795,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01181
Held Percent Institutions 0.86143994
Implied Shares Outstanding 31,052,840
Industry Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Industry Disp Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Industry Key oil-gas-equipment-services
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,713,484,800
Last Dividend Value 0.32
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,525,996,800
Last Split Factor 105:100
Long Business Summary Dawson Geophysical Company engages in providing onshore seismic data acquisition and processing services in the United States and Canada. The company acquires and processes 2-D, 3-D, and multi-component seismic data for its clients, including oil and gas companies, and independent oil and gas operators, as well as providers of multi-client data libraries and carbon capture sequestration projects. Its seismic data acquisition crews supply seismic data primarily to companies engaged in the exploration and development of oil and natural gas on land and in land-to-water transition areas, as well as potash mining industry. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Midland, Texas. Dawson Geophysical Company operates as a subsidiary of Wilks Brothers, LLC.
Long Name Dawson Geophysical Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 137,253,552
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_265858
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 4,728,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 235,691,055
Open 7.3523
Operating Cashflow 11,760,000
Operating Margins 0.2218
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 12.17
Phone 432 684 3000
Post Market Change -0.0001001358
Post Market Change Percent -0.002265516
Post Market Price 4.4199
Post Market Time 1,783,986,356
Previous Close 7.57
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 5.885486
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.4260702
Profit Margins 0.04912
Quick Ratio 0.771
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -3.15
Regular Market Change Percent -41.6116
Regular Market Day High 7.45
Regular Market Day Low 4.3418
Regular Market Day Range 4.3418 - 7.45
Regular Market Open 7.3523
Regular Market Previous Close 7.57
Regular Market Price 4.42
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 1,354,952
Return On Assets 0.0764
Return On Equity 0.22721
Revenue Growth 1.283
Revenue Per Share 3.101
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Energy
Sector Disp Energy
Sector Key energy
Shares Outstanding 31,052,840
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0023
Shares Short 71,662
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 69,302
Short Name Dawson Geophysical Company
Short Percent Of Float 0.0119
Short Ratio 0.75
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol DWSN
Total Cash 1,744,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.056
Total Debt 21,980,000
Total Revenue 96,246,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.16
Trailing P E 27.625002
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 2.902
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.5180001
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.52308756
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,354,952
Website https://www.dawson3d.com
Zip 79,701