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W&T Offshore, Inc. (WTI)

Energy | Oil & Gas E&P | Houston, United States | NYSE
3.66 USD +0.01 (0.274%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 3.66
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★⯪☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m. EDT

The investment case for W&T Offshore is currently defined by a severe disconnect between its deteriorating operational reality and its lingering dividend appeal. Fundamentally, the company is in a structural decline; despite a positive cumulative return over the last nine years, the stock has suffered three consecutive years of negative annual performance, signaling that the market has priced in a persistent failure to generate value. The negative book value, negative earnings, and negative forward P/E confirm that the core business is currently destroying capital. While revenue growth appears positive, it cannot mask the fact that the asset base is eroding. The dividend, while providing a 1.12% yield, is a token payout that barely covers a fraction of earnings and offers no real income protection against inflation or capital preservation. It is a 'poison pill' for long-term holders, masking the underlying rot. Short-term momentum is weak, with the stock trading below its 50-day average and showing low conviction in either direction based on options flow, which favors downside protection. The statistical forecast model offers no help, showing a weak lean upward with low reliability. This is a speculative play on a turnaround that the balance sheet does not yet support, warranting a strong avoidance rating.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.149891
AutoETS0.159932
AutoARIMA0.159936
MSTL0.164833

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 36%
H-stat 2.03
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.772
Excess Kurtosis -0.47
Attribute Value
Sector Energy
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Revenue per Share 3.772
Market Cap 552,451,200
Forward P/E -34.77
Beta 0.36
Profit Margins -19.32%
Website https://www.wtoffshore.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put open interest at strikes significantly below the current price (e.g., $1.50 and $2.00 expiring Jan 2027), suggesting a fear of a deep decline rather than a rally. Conversely, call activity is concentrated near the money and slightly out-of-the-money ($3.50-$4.00), indicating a modest bid for a recovery to breakeven levels, but the volume is thin compared to the protective put writing.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.26% 1.35% 1.78% 1.07%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-19 0.010 0.259067
2026-05-21 0.010 0.227790
2026-03-19 0.010 0.332226
2025-11-19 0.010 0.531915
2025-08-18 0.010 0.574713
2025-05-20 0.010 0.689655
2025-03-17 0.010 0.628931
2024-11-21 0.010 0.505051
2024-08-20 0.010 0.442478
2024-05-23 0.010 0.458716
2024-03-15 0.010 0.386100
2023-11-27 0.010 0.303030
2014-11-14 0.100 1.028807
2014-08-20 0.100 0.729395
2014-05-21 0.100 0.667557
2014-03-14 0.100 0.663130
2013-12-19 0.420 2.700965
2013-11-14 0.100 0.530786
2013-08-20 0.090 0.596817
2013-05-22 0.090 0.604839
2013-03-13 0.080 0.534045
2012-11-14 0.550 3.530167
2012-08-20 0.080 0.442478
2012-05-22 0.080 0.512164
2012-03-12 0.080 0.347373
2011-12-15 0.630 3.303618
2011-11-14 0.040 0.199203
2011-08-18 0.040 0.205550
2011-05-09 0.040 0.162140
2011-03-11 0.040 0.209534
2010-12-17 0.660 4.112150
2010-11-15 0.040 0.253968
2010-08-18 0.040 0.441501
2010-05-24 0.030 0.348432
2010-03-10 0.030 0.315789
2009-11-13 0.030 0.284360
2009-08-18 0.030 0.282220
2009-05-18 0.030 0.357143
2009-03-04 0.030 0.475436
2008-11-26 0.273 1.918482
2008-08-18 0.030 0.085106
2008-05-16 0.030 0.056359
2008-03-14 0.030 0.087591
2007-12-19 0.424 1.456544
2007-10-11 0.030 0.118203
2007-07-11 0.030 0.110132
2007-04-11 0.030 0.100301
2007-01-10 0.030 0.105597
2006-10-18 0.030 0.093429
2006-07-12 0.030 0.079512
2006-04-11 0.030 0.068244
2006-01-11 0.030 0.098361
2005-10-12 0.020 0.073529
2005-07-13 0.020 0.073233
2005-04-13 0.020 0.096618
Additional Data
dividendYield 1.04
exDividendDate 2026-08-19
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.04
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0109589035
lastDividendValue 0.01
lastDividendDate 2026-08-19
dividendDate 2026-08-26

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.70560753
Address1 5,718 Westheimer Road
Address2 Suite 700
All Time High 59.99
All Time Low 1.07
Ask 3.65
Ask Size 4,900
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.3 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,160,020
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,729,407
Average Volume 3,729,407
Average Volume10Days 3,160,020
Beta 0.356
Bid 3.65
Bid Size 6,600
Board Risk 6
Book Value -1.3
City Houston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,483,142,400
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 3.66
Current Ratio 1.171
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 3.74
Day Low 3.56
Display Name W&T Offshore
Dividend Date 1,787,702,400
Dividend Yield 1.04
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,024,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,024,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,908,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,908,800
Ebitda 149,071,008
Ebitda Margins 0.26531
Enterprise To Ebitda 5.066
Enterprise To Revenue 1.344
Enterprise Value 755,162,176
Eps Current Year -0.04352
Eps Forward -0.10525
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.7
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 713 626 8527
Fifty Day Average 3.7438
Fifty Day Average Change -0.08379984
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.022383632
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 70.56075
Fifty Two Week High 5.08
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.4199998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.27952754
Fifty Two Week Low 1.5
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.16
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.44
Fifty Two Week Range 1.5 - 5.08
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,106,922,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.22
Float Shares 99,290,274
Forward Eps -0.10525
Forward P E -34.774345
Free Cashflow 123,814,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 370
Fullday Change 0.00999999
Fullday Change Percent 0.27397233
Fullday Price 3.66
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.43345
Gross Profits 243,540,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.36091998
Held Percent Institutions 0.55671
Implied Shares Outstanding 150,942,952
Industry Oil & Gas E&P
Industry Disp Oil & Gas E&P
Industry Key oil-gas-e-p
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Last Dividend Value 0.01
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary W&T Offshore, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas producer, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of America. The company sells crude oil, condensate, natural gas, liquids, and natural gas liquids. The company also provides construction, drilling, and production activities necessary to retrieve oil and gas from its natural reservoirs, including the acquisition, construction, installation, and maintenance of field gathering and storage systems, such as lifting oil and gas, and gathering, treating, and field processing; and extraction of hydrocarbons, solid, liquid, or gaseous state, oil sands, shale, coalbeds, or other nonrenewable natural resources. W&T Offshore, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Long Name W&T Offshore, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 552,451,200
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_4640784
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -108,570,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 564,526,640
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 3.64
Operating Cashflow 88,350,000
Operating Margins 0.13915
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.090900004
Peg Ratio 0.73
Phone 713 626 8525
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 3.66
Post Market Time 1,792,100,230
Previous Close 3.65
Price Eps Current Year -84.099266
Price Hint 4
Price To Book -2.8153849
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.9832437
Profit Margins -0.19323
Quick Ratio 1.085
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.33333
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.00999999
Regular Market Change Percent 0.273972
Regular Market Day High 3.74
Regular Market Day Low 3.56
Regular Market Day Range 3.56 - 3.74
Regular Market Open 3.64
Regular Market Previous Close 3.65
Regular Market Price 3.66
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,403
Regular Market Volume 3,853,563
Return On Assets 0.0034999999
Revenue Growth 0.329
Revenue Per Share 3.772
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16440773
Sector Energy
Sector Disp Energy
Sector Key energy
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 150,942,952
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0942
Shares Short 14,224,372
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 15,244,235
Short Name W&T Offshore, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1458
Short Ratio 3.82
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol WTI
Target High Price 4.25
Target Low Price 4.0
Target Mean Price 4.15
Target Median Price 4.2
Total Cash 150,683,008
Total Cash Per Share 0.998
Total Debt 353,393,984
Total Revenue 561,865,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.04
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0109589035
Trailing Eps -0.7
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 3.27865
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.38135004
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.11631313
Type Disp Equity
Volume 3,853,563
Website https://www.wtoffshore.com
Zip 77,057-5745