Forensic Analysis · Utilities · as of Aug 11, 2026
Hallador Energy Co (HNRG)
A forensic read on Hallador Energy Co built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
D · Weak — demands caution
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
3.4
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
5
Forensic signals
30.9
P / E (ttm)
26.2%
ROE
$761M
Market cap
16.2%
Revenue growth
This free snapshot doesn't read filing or proxy text, so the auditor-quality and governance checks that can lower a grade were not evaluated (red flags, auditor quality, say on pay, board independence). Those checks only ever lower a grade, so the full analysis can land below the grade above but never above it — treat it as the most favourable reading, not the settled one.
Hallador Energy Co earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 3.4, placing it in the Safe zone. 5 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by accruals ratio (% of noa).
What the filings flag
+25.7%
FY2024→FY2025
Accruals ratio (% of NOA).Net operating assets grew +25.7% relative to their own average in FY2025 — scaled by NOA itself, not total assets (see the Forensic Screens card's differently-scaled Sloan Accrual Ratio for that read). Accruals are building sharply — a large slice of profit sits in operating assets, not cash; Richardson/Sloan link high accruals to weaker future returns as they reverse. The cash-flow cross-check is more mixed: reported earnings ran behind operating cash by 25% of net operating assets, diverging from the balance-sheet accrual read.
+8.9%/yr
FY2022–FY2025
Share-count dilution.Diluted share count changed +29% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (+8.9%/yr). The count is growing: more stock was issued than repurchased over this window, so aggregate results grew faster than their per-share equivalents. That's ~8.9% shaved off per-share growth every year — total profit has to grow that much just to keep earnings-per-share flat, and a stake held since FY2022 has been diluted ~23%.
0.8% of rev
FY2025
Stock-based comp load.Stock-based compensation ran 0.8% of revenue and 30% of free cash flow in FY2025 — about $0.08 per diluted share. The cost of it is not in the cash flow — no cash left the business — it is in the count: holders gave up about 8.9% of the company a year, and that rate is not falling. That is the figure to weigh, not the share of free cash flow.
stopped
FY2020→FY2021
Shareholder returns — halted.Capital returns have STOPPED — $1M of buybacks + dividends in FY2020, but ~$0 in FY2021. A halt usually means the company is conserving cash.
Key fundamentals
Latest Revenue$469.5M
Revenue Growth YoY+16.2%
Revenue CAGR (3yr)+9.1%
Net Margin8.9%
Free Cash Flow$11.9M
Return on Equity26.2%
Debt / Equity0.19x
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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Aug 11, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.
suspended
FY2020→FY2021
Dividend — suspended.The dividend has been SUSPENDED — $1M paid in FY2020, then $0 in FY2021. A suspension is a major signal the board is conserving cash; the prior payment history doesn't offset it.
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