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BDCO

BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO

Next earnings Aug 12, 2026

Last earnings +7.9% on 2026-05-18

Avoid
$3.85
▲ +2.67%
$3.85▲ +115.08%
over 1Y
L $1.10H $4.30
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+2.7%
1W+7.2%
1M-4.5%
3M+42.6%
YTD+156.7%
1Y+115.1%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
C
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Clean
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)

Revenue fell -12.0% YoY.

Revenue (FY2025) $279M · FY2025

BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO shows $279M in FY2025 revenue (-12.0% YoY), a -2.0% net margin, and -20.5% ROE.

Weighing against it: revenue fell -12.0% YoY; unprofitable (net margin -2.0%).

Is BDCO a buy? The one-page verdict, explained →

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread (caution)~60d expiry
  • Long put 4 @ ~0.52 est
  • Short put 3.5 @ ~0.26 est
debit $26max +$24max −$26BE 3.74

AVOID means we wouldn't engage at all — if expressing the short side anyway, only with capped risk.

Open in the calculator →

Educational template, not a trade recommendation. Strikes and premiums are Black-Scholes model estimates from the last close and 30-day realized volatility — real chains, spreads and IV will differ. Options involve substantial risk.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue—$488M$396M$318M$279M
Gross profit$914K$46.1M$44.7M——
Operating income-$6.70M$39.1M$36.4M-$4.31M-$1.52M
Net income-$12.8M$32.9M$31.0M-$8.64M-$5.60M
Diluted EPS-$1.01$2.34$2.08-$0.58-$0.38
Net margin—6.7%7.8%-2.7%-2.0%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$101M
EV / EBITDA74.9
EV / Sales0.4
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-9.7%
FCF yield-1.4%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-1.7%
Free cash flow-$779K
Total debt$44.5M
Net cash-$43.5M
Altman Z-Score2.78 grey
Piotroski F-Score4/9

Capital returns

Buyback yield0.0%
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield0.0%
Shares Δ YoY+0.0%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Routine disclosure cadence — no material red flags in recent filings.
  1. 8-K Shareholder vote2026-06-26
  2. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-18
  3. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-15
  4. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-05-11
  5. 8-K Earnings results2026-04-02
  6. 10-K Annual report2026-03-31
  7. 8-K Earnings results2025-11-14
  8. 10-Q Quarterly report2025-11-14
  9. 8-K Earnings results2025-08-14

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
8-KPeriod ending 2026-06-252026-06-26open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-122026-06-16open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-272026-05-29open ↗DEFA14AFiling2026-05-21open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-152026-05-18open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-15open ↗DEF 14APeriod ending 2026-06-252026-05-11open ↗4Period ending 2026-04-162026-04-20open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-04-02open ↗10-KPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-03-31open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2025-11-142025-11-14open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2025-09-302025-11-14open ↗

Quality score

C
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA+
GrowthC
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthC-
MomentumA-
  • ✗Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
  • ✗Liabilities below 2× equity
1.1052-week4.30
Revenue
$279M
-12.0% YoY
Net margin
-2.0%
ROE
-20.5%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$279M-12.0%
Net income-$5.60M+35.1%
Gross profit$44.7M-3.0%
Operating income-$1.52M+64.7%
Diluted EPS-$0.38+34.5%
Cash & equivalents$1.01M+1146.9%
Total assets$99.1M-2.8%
Total liabilities$71.7M+4.0%
Stockholders' equity$27.4M-17.0%
Gross: 16.0%Op.: -0.5%L/E: 2.62x

Frequently asked

Is BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO (BDCO) a buy?
BDCO currently carries a Avoid rating with 4/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Revenue fell -12.0% YoY.
What is BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO's quality score?
BDCO scores 57.34010416666667/100 (grade C) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0000793306, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-15) · EODHD · as of 6/24/2026, 1:17:05 PM.

›About this recommendation — produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg · not investment advice

Rule-based analysis, generated automatically from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jun 24, 2026, 9:17 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

Research and education only — not financial advice. TENKis not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities TENK rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC

Last 90 days: 19 open-market buys · 0 sales

2026-06-12
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy5.00K @ $3.54$17.7K
2026-06-12
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy5.00K @ $3.54$17.7K
2026-05-27
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy5.00K @ $3.91$19.6K
2026-05-27
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy5.00K @ $3.92$19.6K
2026-05-27
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy5.00K @ $3.95$19.8K
2026-05-27
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy5.00K @ $3.95$19.8K
2026-04-20
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy7.50K @ $3.20$24.0K
2026-04-20
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy5.00K @ $3.20$16.0K
2026-04-17
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy7.50K @ $2.90$21.8K
2026-04-17
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy7.50K @ $2.89$21.7K
2026-04-17
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy5.00K @ $2.85$14.3K
2026-04-17
LAZARUS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
10% owner
Buy7.50K @ $2.80$21.0K

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-18—▲ +12.86%8-K ↗
2026-04-02—▼ -0.37%8-K ↗
2025-11-14—▼ -33.68%8-K ↗
2025-08-14—▼ -17.25%8-K ↗
2025-05-15—▲ +63.64%8-K ↗
2025-04-02—▼ -11.67%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Vs tracked universe

compare →

1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score57 vs 67
Revenue growth-12.0% vs 7.5%
Net margin-2.0% vs 10.0%
Return on equity-20.5% vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2