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Dawson Geophysical Company (DWSN)

Energy | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | Midland, United States | NasdaqGS
3.34 USD +0.09 (2.769%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 3.28 -0.06 (-0.060%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:49 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:15 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is mixed due to a sharp, volatile drop in price over the last two weeks, which has erased recent gains and left the stock trading well below its moving averages, creating a neutral-to-slightly-bearish short-term bias despite the bounce off the 200-day line. However, the long-term investment case is severely compromised by a nine-year trajectory where the share price has lost nearly 78% of its value, driven by five consecutive years of negative or flat annual returns ending in stagnation. This extended period of underperformance suggests a deep structural issue or a permanent loss of competitive moat, outweighing the impressive 81% revenue growth figure which appears to be masking deteriorating profitability. The business is currently bleeding cash, with negative free cash flow and operating losses, while the balance sheet carries significant debt relative to equity. Furthermore, the dividend history is sparse and insufficient to provide any meaningful income or safety margin, confirming that the stock is neither a growth story nor a value play at this time.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.165063
AutoETS0.167060
AutoTheta0.167129
MSTL0.169538

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 39%
H-stat 0.70
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.723
Excess Kurtosis 0.31
Attribute Value
Sector Energy
Ex Dividend Date 2024-04-18
Last Dividend Date 2024-04-18
Debt to Equity Ratio 100.045
Revenue per Share 3.359
Market Cap 103,725,760
Trailing P/E 27.83
Forward P/E -6.68
Profit Margins 3.49%
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 1.0490797
Address1 508 West Wall
Address2 Suite 800
All Time High 32.94008
All Time Low 0.121831
Ask 3.34
Ask Size 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 236,970
Average Daily Volume3 Month 195,447
Average Volume 195,447
Average Volume10Days 236,970
Beta -0.0
Bid 3.28
Bid Size 1
Book Value 0.645
City Midland
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 3.34
Current Ratio 0.875
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 3.3999
Day Low 3.25
Debt To Equity 100.045
Dividend Date 1,714,953,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,754,942,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,754,942,400
Ebitda 12,519,000
Ebitda Margins 0.12002
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.397
Enterprise To Revenue 1.128
Enterprise Value 117,646,768
Eps Forward -0.5
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.12
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 4.5838
Fifty Day Average Change -1.2437999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.2713469
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 104.90797
Fifty Two Week High 7.85
Fifty Two Week High Change -4.51
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.5745223
Fifty Two Week Low 1.5
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.8399999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.2266666
Fifty Two Week Range 1.5 - 7.85
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 765,552,600,000
Float Shares 6,130,068
Forward Eps -0.5
Forward P E -6.68
Free Cashflow -5,558,625
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 269
Fullday Change 0.0899999
Fullday Change Percent 2.76923
Fullday Price 3.28
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.22308001
Gross Profits 23,269,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01181
Held Percent Institutions 0.86287004
Implied Shares Outstanding 31,055,618
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 103,725,760
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_265858
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 3,637,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 101,241,314
Open 3.25
Operating Cashflow 3,348,000
Operating Margins -0.1691
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 12.17
Phone 432 684 3000
Post Market Change -0.059999943
Post Market Change Percent -1.7964056
Post Market Price 3.28
Post Market Time 1,787,960,966
Previous Close 3.25
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 5.1782947
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.9944276
Profit Margins 0.03487
Quick Ratio 0.573
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0899999
Regular Market Change Percent 2.76923
Regular Market Day High 3.3999
Regular Market Day Low 3.25
Regular Market Day Range 3.25 - 3.3999
Regular Market Open 3.25
Regular Market Previous Close 3.25
Regular Market Price 3.34
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 57,796
Return On Assets 0.06574
Return On Equity 0.19955999
Revenue Growth 0.818
Revenue Per Share 3.359
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Energy
Sector Disp Energy
Sector Key energy
Shares Outstanding 31,055,618
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0115
Shares Short 358,511
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 305,633
Short Name Dawson Geophysical Company
Short Percent Of Float 0.059499998
Short Ratio 1.93
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol DWSN
Total Cash 6,125,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.197
Total Debt 20,046,000
Total Revenue 104,307,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.12
Trailing P E 27.833334
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 3.2816
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.058399916
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.017796172
Type Disp Equity
Volume 57,796
Website https://www.dawson3d.com
Zip 79,701