Clontarf Energy (CLON) AI Stock Analysis

• Market Cap: £2.05M
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Average Volume (3M): 23.16M
• Price to Earnings (P/E): ―
• Beta (1Y): -0.77
• Revenue Growth: N/A
• EPS Growth: N/A
• Country: UK
• Employees: N/A
• Sector: Energy
• Sector Strength: 52
• Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• EPS (TTM): 0.00
• Shares Outstanding: 8,193,326,000
• 10 Day Avg. Volume: 47,075,795
• 30 Day Avg. Volume: 23,158,144
• PEG Ratio: 0.06
• Price to Book (P/B): 2.70
• Price to Sales (P/S): 0.00
• P/FCF Ratio: -5.07
• Enterprise Value/Market Cap: N/A
• Enterprise Value/Revenue: N/A
• Enterprise Value/Gross Profit: N/A
• Enterprise Value/Ebitda: N/A
• 1Y Price Target: N/A
• Price Target Upside: N/A
• Rating Consensus: N/A
• Number of Analyst Covering: 0
• EPS Forecast (FY): N/A
• Revenue Forecast (FY): N/A

• Rating: 48 Neutral
• Price Target: 0.03p ▲(40.00% Upside)

Overall score is held back primarily by weak financial performance: no revenue, ongoing losses, and continued cash burn despite improvement versus prior periods. Technicals provide a partial offset with positive momentum, but the extremely overbought RSI increases near-term risk. Valuation remains constrained by negative earnings and no dividend yield data.

Positive Factors

Balance sheet strength

Absence of reported debt and a materially improved equity position provide durable financial flexibility for an early-stage explorer. This reduces solvency risk, lowers financing costs for future raises, and gives the company more optionality to progress assets without immediate debt pressure.

Reduced cash burn trend

A meaningful decline in operating cash outflows signals improving cost control and lowers near-term funding needs. If sustained, this reduces dilution risk from future capital raises and supports more predictable project advancement over the next several quarters.

Normalized loss profile

Smaller, more consistent annual losses versus a prior large impairment suggest operational stabilization and disciplined spending. A more predictable loss run-rate improves planning, eases investor scrutiny, and makes incremental project funding decisions less volatile.

Negative Factors

Pre-revenue business model

Lack of revenue means the company cannot self-fund operations or capex, creating structural reliance on external capital. Over months this heightens dilution and execution risk, constraining the firm's ability to independently advance exploration to commercial stages.

Weak cash generation and FCF volatility

Persistent negative operating cash flow and volatile free cash flow imply unpredictable funding needs and potential project stop-starts. Over a multi-month horizon this elevates refinancing risk, increases dependence on equity markets, and can delay asset appraisal or development timelines.

No commercial traction

Years without revenue and ongoing losses indicate the company remains at an early exploration stage with limited commercial validation. This structurally increases execution risk, reduces near-term cash generation prospects, and makes long-term project monetization uncertain without external funding or partners.

Clontarf Energy Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company Description

Clontarf Energy plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas reserves and other related activities. It holds 60% interest in the Tano 2A Block covering an area of 1,532 square kilometers located in Ghana. The company also focuses on exploring and developing Bolivian lithium salt-lakes. In addition, it focuses on liquefied natural gas reserves located in Western Australia. Clontarf Energy plc was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

How the Company Makes Money

Clontarf Energy Financial Statement Overview

Summary

Pre-revenue profile with persistent losses and ongoing cash burn. Positives include no reported debt and a materially improved equity position since 2023, but operating performance remains structurally weak and not self-funding.

Income Statement

The company reports no revenue across 2020–2024, while losses remain persistent (net loss of -765k in 2024 vs. -870k in 2023). Profitability is structurally weak with negative operating results each year, though the scale of losses has been far smaller than the unusually large loss in 2022 (-4.77m), suggesting some cost normalization since then. Overall, the income profile reflects an early-stage explorer with no meaningful commercial traction yet.

Balance Sheet

The balance sheet shows no reported debt, reducing financial risk and giving flexibility. Equity has improved materially, turning positive in 2023 (305k) and expanding further in 2024 (829k), which strengthens solvency versus the negative equity position in 2020–2022. The key weakness is that ongoing losses continue to pressure returns on equity (notably negative in 2023–2024), meaning the balance sheet improvement needs operating progress to be durable.

Cash Flow

Cash generation remains weak with negative operating cash flow and negative free cash flow in recent years (operating cash flow -442k in 2024 vs. -1.90m in 2023, an improvement but still a burn). Free cash flow volatility is high, with sharp year-to-year swings, implying funding needs can change materially depending on activity levels. While 2024 burn was lower than 2023, the company is still not self-funding.

Breakdown	TTM	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020
Income Statement
Total Revenue	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Gross Profit	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
EBITDA	-158.00	-591.82K	-696.00K	-671.00K	-401.00K	-361.00K
Net Income	-607.00	-765.43K	-870.00K	-4.77M	-464.00K	-361.00K
Balance Sheet
Total Assets	1.94M	2.24M	1.76M	1.80M	1.21M	1.01M
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments	579.00K	818.21K	182.52K	931.90K	344.25K	89.42K
Total Debt	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Liabilities	1.36M	1.41M	1.46M	3.03M	1.49M	1.37M
Stockholders Equity	584.00K	829.22K	304.71K	-1.23M	-271.62K	-360.38K
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow	-442.00	-441.75K	-1.90M	936.00	-213.65K	-211.77K
Operating Cash Flow	-442.00	-441.75K	-1.90M	936.00	-198.65K	-208.29K
Investing Cash Flow	0.00	0.00	-406.40K	-4.09K	-15.00K	-3.48K
Financing Cash Flow	422.10K	1.08M	1.55M	3.75K	470.00K	0.00

Clontarf Energy Peers Comparison

Name	Overall Rating	Market Cap	P/E Ratio	ROE	Dividend Yield	Revenue Growth	EPS Growth
Sector *	65 Neutral	$15.17B	7.61	4.09%	5.20%	3.87%	-62.32%
CLON	48 Neutral	£2.05M	-2.50	-96.49%	―	―	―
EME	46 Neutral	£5.11M	-1.27	―	―	―	89.39%
PET	46 Neutral	£1.66M	-3.08	―	―	―	―
WCAT	45 Neutral	£2.25M	-7.50	-173.17%	―	―	―
SYN	43 Neutral	£1.56M	0.33	37.47%	―	-55.91%	―