Company Analysis

PEDEVCO Corp. (PED)

NYSE: PED · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2001
Grade3.4
◀ Past 3.0● Present 3.2▶ Future 4.4

The grade of PEDEVCO Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.4/10
◀ Past3.040% of the headline
● Present3.235% of the headline
▶ Future4.425% 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?

3.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

8 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-10-29.

weight 45% of this tense · 7th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PEDEVCO Corp.'s filings since 2017 show 8 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2017-05-09); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 3 times, the latest 2025-10-29); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-07-08); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2021-11-16) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+36.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 4 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PEDEVCO Corp.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $770 thousand in fiscal 2012 to $46 million in fiscal 2025, up 36.9% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 38% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 4 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span36.9%top 10% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 6% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak37.9%top 43% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 2.6% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 26th percentile among 61 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, PEDEVCO Corp.'s diluted share count grew about 2.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales (4 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03, buying about $2 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 41% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 12% 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?

3.2/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -5%: lost 5¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 45%: owes 45¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, PEDEVCO Corp. lost about 5 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 45 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 40% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 34% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 40% of 76 in its family; net margin -22.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PEDEVCO Corp.'s standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $46 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 18% by size; a net margin of -22.6% ranks in the bottom 20%; revenue growth of 15.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 19% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$45.8Mbottom 18% of its family
  • net margin-22.6%bottom 20% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth15.1%top 19% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 12% of 51 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 12th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PEDEVCO Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kukes, Simon G (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-03-03, 8 months (bottom 18% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 1.6 years (bottom 6%); 14 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 11%; 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 charge14 in three years among 14 peoplebottom 11% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed1.6 yearsbottom 6% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8 monthsbottom 18% 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?

4.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 39% of 74 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PEDEVCO Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $3 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 0.9% of its assets as net cash, top 27% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 23.5% of revenue (bottom 49%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets0.9%top 27% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue23.5%bottom 49% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 38% of 72 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PEDEVCO Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 15.1% a year over the last three filed years against 36.9% over all 10, slowing (bottom 28% of its family); the newest year grew 15.7% (top 28%); capital spending grew 37.5% a year (top 16%) (its annual reports). PEDEVCO Corp. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-21.9 points a yearbottom 28% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth15.7%top 28% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending37.5%top 16% 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
2.3/10

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

bottom 22% of 69 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 69 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PEDEVCO Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $46 million in fiscal 2025 came in 0.8% above the $45 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 38% of its family); net income of $10 million against a prior three-year average of $6 million (bottom 12%); a net margin of -22.6% against 15.4% before (bottom 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.8%bottom 38% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-285%bottom 12% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-38.0 pointsbottom 17% 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 PED · research, not advice