Company Analysis

Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (GTE)

NYSE: GTE · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Calgary, AB · filing with the SEC since 2003
Grade3.9
◀ Past 4.2● Present 3.8▶ Future 3.7

The grade of Gran Tierra Energy Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.9/10
◀ Past4.240% of the headline
● Present3.835% of the headline
▶ Future3.725% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-03-14.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Gran Tierra Energy Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-03-14) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.4% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 5 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 25th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gran Tierra Energy Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $422 million in fiscal 2017 to $597 million in fiscal 2025, up 4.4% a year; it rose in 3 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 61% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 5 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.4%bottom 31% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 16% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 34% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak61.2%bottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.4% a year. 5% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 45 sales, 47 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 61 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Gran Tierra Energy Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 5% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 45 sales and 47 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-20, buying about $5 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 25% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.8/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -84%: lost 84¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 86%: owes 86¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 17th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Gran Tierra Energy Inc. lost about 84 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 21 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 86 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 10.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 9% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 5% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 31% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 36% of 76 in its family; net margin -32.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gran Tierra Energy Inc.'s standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $597 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 46% by size; a net margin of -32.4% ranks in the bottom 15%; revenue growth of -5.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 45% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$597Mbottom 46% of its family
  • net margin-32.4%bottom 15% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-5.7%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
8.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 14% of 51 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

weight 22% of this tense · 86th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Gran Tierra Energy Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Guidry, Gary (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-05-14, 11.5 years (top 9% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 11.4 years (top 1%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 32%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 13 peopletop 32% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed11.4 yearstop 1% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.5 yearstop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 74 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Gran Tierra Energy Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $83 million against debt of $687 million leaves -38.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 10% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 52.5% of revenue (top 23%); a gross margin of 55.5% (bottom 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-38.1%bottom 10% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue52.5%top 23% of its family
  • gross margin55.5%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 45% of 72 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gran Tierra Energy Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -5.7% a year over the last three filed years against 4.4% over all 9, slowing (top 35% of its family); the newest year grew -4% (bottom 45%) (its annual reports). Gran Tierra Energy Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Colombia at $418 million, Canada at $116 million, Ecuador at $63 million. 2 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 70% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-10.1 points a yeartop 35% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-4.0%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
2.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 20% of 69 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 20th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Gran Tierra Energy Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $597 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.6% above the $581 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 44% of its family); net income of $193 million against a prior three-year average of $45 million (bottom 3%); a net margin of -32.4% against 6.4% before (bottom 14%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.6%bottom 44% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-38.7 pointsbottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton GTE · research, not advice