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These Two Undervalued Oil Drillers Are Poised for Further Success

Q2 Updates: Acquisitions, Rising Activity and Margins

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Josh Young
Aug 10, 2026
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Its earnings season, and the results are in: these two oil & gas drillers did well despite local adverse conditions in Q2 and are poised for a stellar 2H 2026 and beyond. This makes their shares even more compelling to me, with more upside potential than their peers with a margin of safety from valuation, operations and other factors:

There is substantial upside in their shares if they were to just trade up to the peer average multiple. Company specific factors indicate potential above-average revenue and cash flow growth, which could mean further upside than this:

Because of this discount (and the even larger discount to replacement cost), I think these companies still have a lot more room to run - despite already rising substantially since initial Bison Insights publication:

These are two large positions and have contributed to the outperformance of the Bison Insights composite index versus oil & gas stocks XOP 0.00%↑ and the broader market SPY 0.00%↑ :

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