Kelt Exploration (KEL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Kelt Exploration Ltd is an oil and gas company that focuses on the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas in Canada. Assets for production are acquired through the purchase of other corporate entities or through a full-cycle exploration program. Kelt traditionally focuses its exploration activities on areas with multizone hydrocarbon potential in Canada. The company owns pipeline infrastructure in some of its core regions to help move its products to domestic markets. Product offerings for the energy firm consist of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas, with a majority of revenue delivered by oil production.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$9.50 to C$9.83
• 50-Day Range: C$8.14 to C$10.19
• 52-Week Range: C$5.96 to C$10.29
• Volume: 208,488 shs
• Average Volume: 596,990 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$1.92 billion
• P/E Ratio: 43.23
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: C$11.10
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Kelt Exploration Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Kelt Exploration scored higher than 34% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Kelt Exploration has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Kelt Exploration has a consensus price target of C$11.10, representing about 16.7% upside from its current price of C$9.51.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Kelt Exploration has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Kelt Exploration is 43.23, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.03.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Kelt Exploration is 43.23, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.10.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Kelt Exploration has a P/B Ratio of 1.66. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for KEL.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Kelt Exploration does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Kelt Exploration does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: -1.03

News Sentiment

Kelt Exploration has a news sentiment score of -1.03. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Kelt Exploration this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Kelt Exploration insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$2,047,555.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

15.87% of the stock of Kelt Exploration is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

20.44% of the stock of Kelt Exploration is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/12/2026
• Today: 5/26/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil & Gas E&P
• Sub-Industry: Food Products
• Current Symbol: TSE:KEL
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.keltexploration.com
• Phone: +1-403-2940154
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 30,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Kelt Exploration: C$11.10
• High Price Target: C$12.50
• Low Price Target: C$10.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.22
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 43.23
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.20
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: C$55.90 million
• Net Margins: 8.73%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 3.96%
• Return on Assets: 4.72%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 12.86
• Current Ratio: 0.52
• Quick Ratio: 0.61

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$538.69 million
• Price / Sales: 3.57
• Cash Flow: C$0.21 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 45.09
• Book Value: C$5.73 per share
• Price / Book: 1.66

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 202,198,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$1.92 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: -0.29