# GeoPark (GPRK.US)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/GPRK

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:28:52.624Z. Financial observations: FY2005–FY2025.

Listing currency: USD. Reporting currency: USD.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: fail; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: $11.53 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low $12.90 per share, central $14.03 per share, high $15.54 per share. Buy at or below the central value $14.03 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:28:52.624Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 12.7% at the stated quote. About 12.7% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; US 10-year bond 5.1% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: fail

- 5 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational)

- more than 2 net loss years

- operating margin variation exceeds 0.35

- Financial history: 10 years

- Years with declining revenue: 5

- Years with a net loss: 3

- Operating margin variation: 0.98×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: -0.15×

- FY2017: 0.24×

- FY2018: 0.43×

- FY2019: 0.33×

- FY2020: -0.28×

- FY2021: 0.27×

- FY2022: 0.50×

- FY2023: 0.41×

- FY2024: 0.44×

- FY2025: 0.31×

### moat: fail

- ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed)

- Recent gross margin fell 6.8pp below the typical margin (limit 4pp)

- ROIC, median of available years: 26.1%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: -5.8%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: 6.8 pp

- Typical gross margin (annual median): 54.4%

- Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 47.6%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 20.2%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 8.5%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: -5.8%

- FY2017: 12.3%

- FY2018: 36.1%

- FY2019: 29.5%

- FY2020: -17.6%

- FY2021: 22.7%

- FY2022: 66.1%

- FY2023: 35.4%

- FY2024: 42.0%

- FY2025: 21.4%

### economics: fail

- owner earnings cash conversion below threshold

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 0.78×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: $423M

- Net income, five-year total: $543M

- Return on incremental invested capital: 143.5%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: 1.5 pp

- Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: 11.5 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: -5.5%

Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations.

- FY2021: 1.00×

- FY2022: 1.00×

- FY2023: 0.30×

- FY2024: 0.37×

- FY2025: 1.38×

### management: pass

- Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2016 to 2025 (9 years)

- buybacks leaned toward cheaper years (informational)

- ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 12.3% vs 35.4%

- Per-share earnings: -0.82 to 1.88 (three-year endpoint medians)

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: -1.2%

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: -3.0%

- Market cap gain: $124M

- Cumulative retained earnings: $410M

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: -1.2%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -3.0%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2016

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2025

- Per-share value change: $2.70

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: -$0.82

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: $1.88

- Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): 0.60

- Average buyback yield: 3.5%

- Buyback history: 8 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: No

- Acquisition spending: $0

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: $367M

- ROIC, first three-year median: 12.3%

- ROIC, last three-year median: 35.4%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: -$0.82

- FY2017: -$0.40

- FY2018: $1.19

- FY2019: $0.95

- FY2020: -$3.87

- FY2021: $1.01

- FY2022: $3.84

- FY2023: $1.95

- FY2024: $1.88

- FY2025: $0.96

### accounting: pass

- stock compensation exceeds 15% of operating cash flow

- Sloan accruals: 3.4%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 1.31×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Stock compensation / operating cash flow: 30.4%

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Operating cash / earnings: 0.30×

- Accounting red flags: 1

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.00×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: -20.6%

- FY2017: -21.2%

- FY2018: -21.3%

- FY2019: -20.9%

- FY2020: -41.8%

- FY2021: -17.4%

- FY2022: -25.0%

- FY2023: -18.7%

- FY2024: -31.2%

- FY2025: 3.4%

## Holders

- [David Hoeft](https://gigainvestors.com/DAC): tracked 13F investor; follow the investor page for holding quarter and amounts.

## Price story

Down 31% since May 2022 · "GeoPark (GPRK) Tumbles as Acquisition Talks Come to a Halt" (finance.yahoo.com, Dec 2025) · sales -25.5%

Story as of 2026-10-16T09:58:50.697Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to shrink 3% a year for ten years

- 2025-12-12: GeoPark (GPRK) Tumbles as Acquisition Talks Come to a Halt ([finance.yahoo.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/geopark-gprk-tumbles-acquisition-talks-111124308.html))

- 2026-01-31: GeoPark (GPRK) Acquires Frontera Energy’s Assets in Colombia ([finance.yahoo.com](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/geopark-gprk-acquires-frontera-energy-173845470.html))

### Sales · FY2024–2025

sales -25.5%; source https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1464591/000110465926037819/gprk-20251231x20f.htm; observed 2026-03-31.

- FY2016: $193M 

- FY2017: $330M 

- FY2018: $601M 

- FY2019: $629M 

- FY2020: $394M 

- FY2021: $689M 

- FY2022: $1.0B 

- FY2023: $757M 

- FY2024: $661M 

- FY2025: $493M 

### Gross margin · FY2025

gross margin 47.6%; source https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1464591/000110465926037819/gprk-20251231x20f.htm; observed 2026-03-31.

- FY2016: 25.8% 

- FY2017: 47.3% 

- FY2018: 55.7% 

- FY2019: 56.4% 

- FY2020: 38.2% 

- FY2021: 56.2% 

- FY2022: 56.5% 

- FY2023: 53.3% 

- FY2024: 55.4% 

- FY2025: 47.6% 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in oil & gas e&p; annual sales are USD 492.5 million.

- Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1464591/000110465926037819/gprk-20251231x20f.htm (filed 2026-03-31); FY2025: revenue 492518000; grossProfit 234269000; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 47.6% to 55.4% during 2023–25; it earns 26.1% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-31); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 53.3%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-31); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 55.4%.

- Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1464591/000110465926037819/gprk-20251231x20f.htm (filed 2026-03-31); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 47.6%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-31); 10-year return on capital observations [[2016,-0.05782622154003581],[2017,0.12277017980107116],[2018,0.36053214885809004],[2019,0.29453057282783335],[2020,-0.17632585597650705],[2021,0.22726876706503105],[2022,0.6608896569752244],[2023,0.3539552253051124],[2024,0.4195376632214708],[2025,0.2137172743096262]]; median 0.2608996699464322. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 9 of 10 years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-31); FY2018: growth capex 32504000; upkeep 92240000; owner earnings 72415000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.44885728095007943.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-31); FY2019: growth capex 20784000; upkeep 105532000; owner earnings 57757000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.3598524854130235.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-31); FY2021: growth capex 40289000; upkeep 88969000; owner earnings 61127000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.6591031786281022.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-31); FY2022: growth capex 72116000; upkeep 96692000; owner earnings 224435000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.32132243188451.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-31); FY2023: growth capex 0; upkeep 199040000; owner earnings 32962000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-31); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 191300000; owner earnings 35738000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1464591/000110465926037819/gprk-20251231x20f.htm (filed 2026-03-31); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 98358000; owner earnings 68499000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-31); Dividend observations: [[2016,0],[2017,2444000],[2018,2444000],[2019,2444000],[2020,4859000],[2021,7224000],[2022,24282000],[2023,29715000],[2024,30035000],[2025,24203000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

### Are managers owners

Insiders own 55.8% of the company.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-05); GPRK.US SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 55.798 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-05.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits shrink 3% yearly over ten years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-31); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate -0.05538276881930876. Price 11.53; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2015 owner earnings/share -3.0258703071672355 → FY2025 1.3252655406581926. Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (USD per share)

- 2016-10: $4.45 per share

- 2016-11: $4.71 per share

- 2016-12: $4.31 per share

- 2017-01: $4.91 per share

- 2017-02: $5.35 per share

- 2017-03: $7.18 per share

- 2017-04: $7.10 per share

- 2017-05: $8.67 per share

- 2017-06: $7.55 per share

- 2017-07: $8.82 per share

- 2017-08: $8.10 per share

- 2017-09: $8.76 per share

- 2017-10: $9.52 per share

- 2017-11: $8.61 per share

- 2017-12: $9.91 per share

- 2018-01: $9.85 per share

- 2018-02: $9.90 per share

- 2018-03: $12.40 per share

- 2018-04: $14.68 per share

- 2018-05: $15.62 per share

- 2018-06: $20.64 per share

- 2018-07: $20.64 per share

- 2018-08: $18.07 per share

- 2018-09: $20.40 per share

- 2018-10: $16.76 per share

- 2018-11: $15.37 per share

- 2018-12: $13.82 per share

- 2019-01: $17.01 per share

- 2019-02: $19.19 per share

- 2019-03: $17.29 per share

- 2019-04: $15.70 per share

- 2019-05: $15.81 per share

- 2019-06: $18.54 per share

- 2019-07: $19.05 per share

- 2019-08: $17.14 per share

- 2019-09: $18.41 per share

- 2019-10: $18.24 per share

- 2019-11: $18.06 per share

- 2019-12: $22.10 per share

- 2020-01: $18.50 per share

- 2020-02: $16.66 per share

- 2020-03: $7.07 per share

- 2020-04: $9.47 per share

- 2020-05: $8.47 per share

- 2020-06: $9.79 per share

- 2020-07: $9.80 per share

- 2020-08: $8.92 per share

- 2020-09: $7.36 per share

- 2020-10: $6.88 per share

- 2020-11: $9.13 per share

- 2020-12: $12.99 per share

- 2021-01: $12.71 per share

- 2021-02: $16.43 per share

- 2021-03: $16.00 per share

- 2021-04: $16.00 per share

- 2021-05: $14.89 per share

- 2021-06: $12.65 per share

- 2021-07: $11.82 per share

- 2021-08: $12.06 per share

- 2021-09: $12.76 per share

- 2021-10: $15.01 per share

- 2021-11: $11.63 per share

- 2021-12: $11.45 per share

- 2022-01: $14.09 per share

- 2022-02: $14.80 per share

- 2022-03: $14.94 per share

- 2022-04: $15.72 per share

- 2022-05: $16.77 per share

- 2022-06: $12.92 per share

- 2022-07: $12.66 per share

- 2022-08: $12.30 per share

- 2022-09: $11.73 per share

- 2022-10: $14.78 per share

- 2022-11: $14.39 per share

- 2022-12: $15.45 per share

- 2023-01: $15.21 per share

- 2023-02: $12.94 per share

- 2023-03: $11.36 per share

- 2023-04: $10.93 per share

- 2023-05: $9.57 per share

- 2023-06: $9.91 per share

- 2023-07: $10.11 per share

- 2023-08: $9.59 per share

- 2023-09: $10.28 per share

- 2023-10: $9.88 per share

- 2023-11: $9.04 per share

- 2023-12: $8.57 per share

- 2024-01: $8.79 per share

- 2024-02: $8.60 per share

- 2024-03: $9.60 per share

- 2024-04: $9.32 per share

- 2024-05: $10.44 per share

- 2024-06: $10.95 per share

- 2024-07: $9.79 per share

- 2024-08: $8.79 per share

- 2024-09: $7.87 per share

- 2024-10: $7.84 per share

- 2024-11: $9.70 per share

- 2024-12: $9.27 per share

- 2025-01: $9.16 per share

- 2025-02: $8.10 per share

- 2025-03: $8.08 per share

- 2025-04: $6.72 per share

- 2025-05: $6.28 per share

- 2025-06: $6.52 per share

- 2025-07: $6.44 per share

- 2025-08: $6.60 per share

- 2025-09: $6.37 per share

- 2025-10: $8.09 per share

- 2025-11: $8.16 per share

- 2025-12: $7.41 per share

- 2026-01: $8.48 per share

- 2026-02: $8.31 per share

- 2026-03: $9.50 per share

- 2026-04: $9.68 per share

- 2026-05: $10.25 per share

- 2026-06: $9.10 per share

- 2026-07: $9.75 per share

- 2026-08: $11.00 per share

- 2026-09: $10.45 per share

- 2026-10: $11.53 per share

## Annual estimated value (USD per share)

- FY2016: low $1.82 per share, central $1.91 per share, high $2.03 per share

- FY2021: low $15.14 per share, central $21.01 per share, high $24.43 per share

- FY2022: low $24.26 per share, central $33.87 per share, high $39.46 per share

- FY2023: low $15.05 per share, central $16.95 per share, high $19.36 per share

- FY2024: low $13.16 per share, central $14.21 per share, high $15.61 per share

- FY2025: low $11.00 per share, central $12.27 per share, high $13.97 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

## Sources

[Original 20-F filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1464591/000110465926037819/gprk-20251231x20f.htm); period 2025-12-31, filed 2026-03-31.

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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GeoPark

GPRK · US

Not a wonderful business

3 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
$11.53
Buy up to
$14.03
Expected / yr
12.7% at today's price (10.0% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Where the cash goes
Are managers owners
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

3 loss years were recorded (limit 2), and margins varied 98.4% around their average (limit 35%).

10y median
32.5%
Worst year
-28.1%
Latest · 2025
31.5%

The second-worst year -5.8% (minimum 10%), and gross margin fell 6.8 percentage points (limit 4).

10y median
26.1%
Worst year
-17.6%
Latest · 2025
21.4%

Each $1 of profit left $0.78 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).

Five-year totals
0.78×
Annual median
1.00×
Latest · 2025
1.38×

Per-share value rose from -0.82 to 1.88, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

10y median
$0.98
Worst year
-$3.87
Latest · 2025
$0.96

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were 3.4% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
-21.0%
Worst year
3.4%
Latest · 2025
3.4%

Profit record · fail 3 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 25.1%, three-year average owner earnings per share 0.87 USD. 3 loss years in the last 10; at most 2 allowed.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value range$12.90 – $15.54
Buy at or belowCentral value $14.03
Discount to value1 − 11.53 / 14.03 = 17.8%
Return / yearAbout 12.7% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash USD 0.75/share; 0.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash USD 4.71/share today.
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
Revenue$493M
$1.0B$020162025
FY2016 · Revenue: $193M; FY2017 · Revenue: $330M; FY2018 · Revenue: $601M; FY2019 · Revenue: $629M; FY2020 · Revenue: $394M; FY2021 · Revenue: $689M; FY2022 · Revenue: $1.0B; FY2023 · Revenue: $757M; FY2024 · Revenue: $661M; FY2025 · Revenue: $493M
Revenue
Owner earnings$68M
$224M-$190M20162025
FY2016 · Owner earnings: -$13M; FY2017 · Owner earnings: -$24M; FY2018 · Owner earnings: $72M; FY2019 · Owner earnings: $58M; FY2020 · Owner earnings: -$190M; FY2021 · Owner earnings: $61M; FY2022 · Owner earnings: $224M; FY2023 · Owner earnings: $33M; FY2024 · Owner earnings: $36M; FY2025 · Owner earnings: $68M
Owner earnings
Operating margin31.5%
50.0%-28.1%20162025
FY2016 · Operating margin: -14.9%; FY2017 · Operating margin: 23.9%; FY2018 · Operating margin: 42.7%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 33.5%; FY2020 · Operating margin: -28.1%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 27.0%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 50.0%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 41.5%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 43.6%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 31.5%
Operating margin
Net cash / debt-$479M
$1.00-$605M20162025
FY2016 · Net cash / debt: -$285M; FY2017 · Net cash / debt: -$291M; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: -$319M; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: -$332M; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: -$605M; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: -$593M; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: -$401M; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: -$400M; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: -$243M; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: -$479M
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares52M
61M020162025
FY2016 · Diluted shares: 60M; FY2017 · Diluted shares: 61M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 61M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 61M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 60M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 61M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 58M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 57M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 51M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 52M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2025Original filing ↗ ·