
Oil Stocks After Q2 2025 / Var Energi Example
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Current Market Situation: Oil prices were very high in Q2 2025, followed by a dip due to easing tensions in Iran, then a boom, and another easing. Uncertainty remains high.
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Var Energi in Detail:
- Market capitalization: 115 billion NOK (12 billion USD).
- Strong quarterly results with operating cash flow of 2.1 billion USD.
- Dividend yield: At an oil price of $100 per barrel, the dividend amounts to 2 billion USD per year, resulting in a yield of 17%.
- Leverage ratio: A concern a year ago, now significantly improved.
- The company is investing, paying dividends, and even increasing them.
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Risks:
- At lower oil prices, the dividend drops quickly from 2 billion to 1 billion USD.
- With a market cap of 8 billion USD, the dividend yield after Norwegian taxes was only 7â8%.
- Oil price volatility makes oil stocks a bet rather than a stable investment.
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Investment Strategy:
- The analyst still sees oil stocks in the bet quadrant â they are cyclical and risky.
- Ideal would be a purchase in a difficult environment (e.g., oversupply over the next 2 years) when the worst-case scenario is priced in.
- Currently, the situation is too uncertain (Trump, Iran) to take larger positions.






