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covers all important operating data (for example oil and gas production, reserves, product sales, finding and development costs) which can then be used in conjunction with financials to generate performance ratios. This data is also broken down by region.
covers all business segments that are important to the company
contains detailed segmental financial data,
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has consistent data going back to 1989 and forecasts and quarterly data for the top 30 companies in the industry.
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Key Corporate Financials (Sample Data ($US))

Houston Exploration Company	Data			Growth
	2003	2004	2005	2004	2005
Corporate Financials
Summary Financials
Summary Income Statement (mln)
Net Sales Revenues	491.4	649.1	620.3	32.1%	(4.4%)
EBITDA	411.9	534.0	479.9	29.7%	(10.1%)
Net Income	131.0	162.8	105.2	24.3%	(35.4%)

Balance Sheet Items (mln)
Net (Debt) Cash	(299.4)	(336.4)	(589.0)	12.4%	75.1%

Cash Flow Items (mln)
Operating Cash Flow	382.0	527.1	460.5	38.0%	(12.6%)

Per Share Data
EBITDA per Share	13.24	18.03	16.72	36.14%	(7.28%)

Key Ratios(%)
Retn on ave. Cap. Employed (pre-tax)	22.8%	24.7%	15.2%	8.5%	(38.5%)
Net Debt to Equity	40.7%	43.0%	85.0%	5.6%	97.8%

Valuation Measures
Price Earnings Ratio (x)	8.7	10.2	14.4	18.2%	40.7%
Enterprise Value - Net (mln)	1,447.5	1,934.5	2,123.8	33.6%	9.8%

Key Segmental Financials (Sample Data ($US))

Houston Exploration Company	Data			Growth
	2003	2004	2005	2004	2005
Segmental & Geographical Financials
Segment Financial Analysis
Segment Earnings (Reported) (mln)
Oil & Gas
Upstream Oil & Gas	218.1	300.7	223.1	37.9%	(25.8%)
Oil Refining & Marketing	-	-	-	-	-

Segment Earnings (Adjusted) (mln)
Upstream Oil & Gas	218	301	223	38%	(26%)
Oil Refining & Marketing	-	-	-	-	-

Segment Capex (mln)
Total Capex (Inc. Expl. & Associates)	460	517	743	12%	44%

Segment Financial Ratios (Adjusted)
Upstream Oil & Gas
Return on Net PP&E (%)	15.9%	19.4%	11.1%	22.1%	(43.1%)

Oil Refining & Marketing
Return on Net PP&E (%)	-	-	-	-	-

Geographical Financial Analysis
E&P Results of Operations (per boe)
World Summary
Production costs	-	-	-	-	-

Finding & Development Costs - SEC basis
World (Exc. Associates & Syncrude) (boe)
Expl/ext+disc	2.81	2.32	4.70	(17.34%)	102.27%

Key Upstream Operating Data (Sample)

Houston Exploration Company	Data			Growth
	2003	2004	2005	2004	2005
Oil & Gas Operational
Oil & Gas Production
Oil/NGL Output by Country (000 b/d)
World Crude/NGL Output (Inc. Associates & Syncrude)	4	4	4	3%	5%

Natural Gas Output by Country (mmcf/d)
World Gas Production (Inc. Associates)	274	317	290	16%	(8%)

Oil & Gas Reserves
Oil & Gas Reserves
Proved Oil/NGL Reserves by Region (mln barrels)
Total Oil/NGL Reserves	7	7	11	(2%)	54%

Proved Natural Gas Reserves by Region (bcf)
Total Gas Reserves	710	749	793	6%	6%

Drilling & Acreage
Total Drilling Activity (No. wells)
Exploration
Total World	12	33	117	165%	256%

Development
Total World	104	138	153	33%	11%

Source: EvaluateEnergy ®

Generated at 15:00:41 (GMT) on 14-Dec-2006