NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of SandRidge Energy are soaring, sharply up 10.05% to $2.30 in afternoon trading Tuesday, as West Texas Intermediate crude and Brent crude both trade in the green. Brent crude is bouncing back into positive territory, after being dragged down by weakness in some other commodity markets, according to CNBC. WTI crude for March delivery is up 1.4% to $53.52 a barrel as of 2:13 p.m. ET on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for April delivery is up 1.79% to $62.50 today. Exclusive Report: Jim Cramer's Best Stocks for 2015 STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy is an oil and natural gas company that focuses on exploration and production activities, operating businesses and infrastructure systems, including gas gathering and processing facilities, marketing operations, a saltwater disposal system, an electrical transmission system and a drilling rig. Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC as a Sell with a ratings score of D+. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC (SD) a SELL. This is driven by a few notable weaknesses, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its weak operating cash flow, generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and generally high debt management risk." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows: Net operating cash flow has decreased to $164.89 million or 21.60% when compared to the same quarter last year. In conjunction, when comparing current results to the industry average, SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC has marginally lower results. SD's stock share price has done very poorly compared to where it was a year ago: Despite any rallies, the net result is that it is down by 68.30%, which is also worse that the performance of the S&P 500 Index. Investors have so far failed to pay much attention to the earnings improvements the company has managed to achieve over the last quarter. Naturally, the overall market trend is bound to be a significant factor. However, in one sense, the stock's sharp decline last year is a positive for future investors, making it cheaper (in proportion to its earnings over the past year) than most other stocks in its industry. But due to other concerns, we feel the stock is still not a good buy right now. Currently the debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80 is quite high overall and when compared to the industry average, suggesting that the current management of debt levels should be re-evaluated. Even though the debt-to-equity ratio is weak, SD's quick ratio is somewhat strong at 1.37, demonstrating the ability to handle short-term liquidity needs. The company's current return on equity greatly increased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of significant strength within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry and the overall market, SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500. Regardless of the drop in revenue, the company managed to outperform against the industry average of 20.6%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues fell by 20.1%. The declining revenue has not hurt the company's bottom line, with increasing earnings per share. You can view the full analysis from the report here: SD Ratings Report STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.
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