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BKV CorporationBKVCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Energy›Integrated Oil

Natural gas producer in the Barnett Shale, Texas, backed by Thailand's Banpu, with power generation and carbon capture ventures.

Momentum laggard 11
Mkt cap
$1.92B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
29%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$43.3M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
11.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-8.8 pp
WACC 8.5%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
117 days
3 Mar 2027
Close · USD$17.55
1D-3.0%
1W-16.1%
1M-26.7%
3M-31.6%
6M-36.9%
YTD-35.4%
1Y-28.5%
ATR %5.7%
Beta0.18
52w lowhigh46.5% off high

What BKV does

Natural gas producer in the Barnett Shale, Texas, backed by Thailand's Banpu, with power generation and carbon capture ventures.

Sells the natural gas and natural gas liquids it produces at market prices, so income tracks gas prices. It also owns stakes in gas-fired power generation and a carbon capture program, which are newer lines. Banpu, a Thai energy group, is the controlling shareholder.

Products and services

  • Barnett Shale gas production
  • Natural gas-fired power generation
  • Carbon capture and storage

Customers

  • Utilities/power generators
  • Midstream/pipeline off-takers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy
  • Upstream natural gas production
  • Power generation and carbon capture…

What could go right

  • Natural gas demand from power/data centers
  • Carbon capture monetization

What could go wrong

  • Natural gas price cyclicality
  • Parent company (Banpu) concentration

Moat: none (scale). Commodity natural gas production; power and carbon-capture ventures are early-stage diversification, not a proven moat.

Headquarters: Denver, Colorado, United States · Founded: 2021 · Employees: 452

Named competitors

BKV at a glance

Size BKV (BKV) is a United States Energy company (Integrated Oil) with a market value of $1.92B, the 1820th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $17.55 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 36.9%, against -10.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 84.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.7%); the operating margin is -0.9% (peer median 20.2%).

Valuation It trades at 11.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 9.9× (6th most expensive of 14).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 8.8 points below its cost of capital (8.5% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 9.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 90BKV 62
Six months, rebased to 100: BKV against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

BKV financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.39B$1.15B$830M$741M$1.66B
Revenue growth—+39%+12%-55%—
Gross profit$245M$156M-$87.0M$46.2M$1.08B
EBITDA$215M$165M$37.6M$156M$1.06B
Net income$269M$178M-$139M$117M$410M
Free cash flow-$553M-$297M$10.0M-$69.5M$101M
Capital expenditure$917M$577M$105M$193M$248M
Total debt$1.25B$1.25B$974M$654M$729M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

BKV competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%-20%-10%0%HWX001331DNO1662MNRKEL0467GFR600759BIRKOSBTEECPOU300483300191PEYTBNTVE000968BKV6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. BKV is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%5×10×HWXDNO1662MNRKEL0467BIRKOSBTEPOU300483TVEBKVRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. BKV is the large dot.

BKV competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (BKV vs CRK vs RRC vs EXE)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
BKV BKV$1.92B-37%+84%-1%11.1×n/a
Comstock Resources CRK$3.94B-5%+17%19%43.4×n/a
Range Resources RRC$11.4B+20%+18%33%12.1×-1.7%
Expand Energy EXE$19.5B-11%+20%20%10.8×-7.6%

How BKV compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

BKV against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureBKVPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-26.7%-9.7%lowest of 21
6-month return-36.9%-10.6%3rd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-46.5%-27.2%6th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+84.3%+12.7%3rd highest of 20
Operating margin-0.9%20.2%lowest of 20
Forward P/E11.1×9.9×6th most expensive of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital-8.8 pp+2.0 pp3rd lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA14.4×5.0×most expensive of 15
Net debt / EBITDA5.0×0.1×most indebted of 15

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
BKV BKVUnited States$1.92B-37%+84%-1%11.1×n/an/a
Headwater Exploration HWX.TOCanada$1.95B-10%+13%44%9.9×3.0%+125.4%
Senton Energy 001331.SZChina$1.75B-24%-24%-1%n/an/an/a
DNO DNO.OLNorway$2.13B+6%+128%48%5.9×n/an/a
Japan Petroleum Exploration 1662.TJapan$2.36B-36%-16%9%5.1×-5.6%+7.2%
Mach Natural Resources LP MNRUnited States$1.50B-35%+39%22%5.9×-10.0%+2.9%
Kelt Exploration KEL.TOCanada$1.45B+4%+30%17%12.4×n/an/a
United Energy 0467.HKHong Kong$1.44B-10%+28%14%3.6×n/an/a
Greenfire Resources GFR.TOCanada$1.36B+3%-2%17%n/an/an/a
Geo-Jade Petroleum 600759.SSChina$1.33B-54%+42%30%n/a-0.7%+2.8%
Birchcliff Energy BIR.TOCanada$1.29B+3%+10%20%13.5×1.9%+5.8%
Kosmos Energy KOSUnited States$1.26B-23%+23%23%4.6×-6.4%+9.9%
Baytex Energy BTE.TOCanada$2.95B-11%-8%15%7.5×4.7%+12.8%
Totalenergies EP Gabon EC.PAFrance$1.14B-5%-13%25%n/a-10.7%-0.6%
Paramount Resources POU.TOCanada$3.26B+6%-28%10%12.4×n/an/a
Sino Prima Gas Technology 300483.SZChina$1.11B-15%+40%24%12.5×-8.7%+13.3%
Sino Geophysical 300191.SZChina$1.10B-47%+136%14%n/an/an/a
Peyto Exploration & Development PEY.TOCanada$3.54B-5%+26%40%12.6×-2.1%+22.8%
Tamboran Resources TBNUnited States$1.01B-19%n/an/an/an/an/a
Tamarack Valley Energy TVE.TOCanada$3.83B-7%+11%48%10.7×-5.6%+46.8%
Shanxi Blue Flame 000968.SZChina$961M-28%-1%14%n/a-6.8%+7.9%

Questions

Who are BKV's main competitors?
Named competitors: Comstock Resources (CRK), Range Resources (RRC), Expand Energy (Southwestern/Chesapeake) (EXE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Headwater Exploration (HWX.TO), Senton Energy (001331.SZ), DNO (DNO.OL), Japan Petroleum Exploration (1662.T), Mach Natural Resources LP (MNR), Kelt Exploration (KEL.TO).
Is BKV expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 11.1× against a peer median of 9.9×, 6th most expensive of 14 in its peer set.
How has BKV stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -36.9% against -10.6% for the median peer; over one year -28.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.