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BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO (BDCO) red flags

CIK 0000793306 路 Houston, TX 路 SIC 1311 路 All EDGAR filings

3 verified red-flag event(s) since 2025-04-01 and 34 earlier one(s) from our 2015-2025 history. Red flag score: 7 how it's calculated

2BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO (BDCO) Going-concern doubt alleviatednano2026-03-31
substantial doubt disclosed, then alleviated by management's plans or new funding 路 company history
2BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO (BDCO) Going-concern doubt alleviatednano2025-04-01
substantial doubt disclosed, then alleviated by management's plans or new funding 路 company history
1BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO (BDCO) Filing-delay notice, annual report filed within extension (NT 10-K)nano2025-04-01
report filed within the extension on 2025-04-01 路 company history

Earlier red flags (2015 to Apr 2025)

FiledFlag (links to the SEC filing)SeverityWhy
2024-04-01Going-concern doubt alleviated2substantial doubt disclosed, then alleviated by management's plans or new funding
2023-11-14Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2023-08-14Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2023-04-03Going-concern doubt5in auditor's report
2023-04-03Filing-delay notice, annual report filed within extension (NT 10-K)1report filed within the extension on 2023-04-03
2022-11-14Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2022-08-15Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2022-05-16Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2022-04-01Going-concern doubt5in auditor's report
2022-04-01Filing-delay notice, annual report filed within extension (NT 10-K)1report filed within the extension on 2022-04-01
2021-11-15Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2021-08-17Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2021-08-17Filing-delay notice, quarterly report filed within extension (NT 10-Q)1report filed within the extension on 2021-08-17
2021-05-17Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2021-03-31Going-concern doubt5in auditor's report
2020-11-16Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2020-08-14Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2020-05-15Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2020-03-30Going-concern doubt5in auditor's report
2019-11-14Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2019-08-14Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2019-05-16Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2019-05-16Filing-delay notice, quarterly report filed within extension (NT 10-Q)1report filed within the extension on 2019-05-16
2019-04-01Going-concern doubt5in auditor's report
2018-11-14Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2018-08-14Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2018-05-15Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2018-04-02Going-concern doubt5in auditor's report
2017-11-16Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2017-11-15Filing-delay notice, quarterly report filed within extension (NT 10-Q)1report filed within the extension on 2017-11-16
2017-10-12Going-concern doubt (10-Q)4quarterly (unaudited) disclosure; also within 90 days: Filing-delay notice, quarterly report (NT 10-Q)
2017-08-15Late quarterly report (NT 10-Q)4filed late on 2017-10-12; also within 90 days: Going-concern doubt
2017-05-15Going-concern doubt (10-Q)3quarterly (unaudited) disclosure
2017-03-31Going-concern doubt5in auditor's report

From our 10-year history, classified with the same rules as current flags. Older flags have no page of their own; see the research study for how flagged stocks did afterwards.

Red flag score: 7 / 100 · low

Computed only from the verified red flags below: each flag earns points for its severity, loses half its weight every 180 days, and companies with several different flag types in the past year get a bonus. Total points 3.4 → score = 100 × (1 − e−points/50) = 7. Full method

FlagFiledSeverityPointsAgeDecayCounts
Going-concern doubt alleviated2026-03-312/54.0201 d×0.461.8
Going-concern doubt alleviated2025-04-012/54.0565 d×0.110.5
Filing-delay notice, annual report filed within extension (NT 10-K)2025-04-011/51.2565 d×0.110.1
Going-concern doubt alleviated (history)2024-04-012/54.0930 d×0.030.1
Going-concern doubt (history)2023-11-143/514.01069 d×0.020.2
Going-concern doubt (history)2023-08-143/514.01161 d×0.010.2
Going-concern doubt (history)2023-04-035/530.01294 d×0.010.2
Filing-delay notice, annual report filed within extension (NT 10-K) (history)2023-04-031/51.21294 d×0.010.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2022-11-143/514.01434 d×0.000.1
Going-concern doubt (history)2022-08-153/514.01525 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2022-05-163/514.01616 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2022-04-015/530.01661 d×0.000.1
Filing-delay notice, annual report filed within extension (NT 10-K) (history)2022-04-011/51.21661 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2021-11-153/514.01798 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2021-08-173/514.01888 d×0.000.0
Filing-delay notice, quarterly report filed within extension (NT 10-Q) (history)2021-08-171/51.21888 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2021-05-173/514.01980 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2021-03-315/530.02027 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2020-11-163/514.02162 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2020-08-143/514.02256 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2020-05-153/514.02347 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2020-03-305/530.02393 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2019-11-143/514.02530 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2019-08-143/514.02622 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2019-05-163/514.02712 d×0.000.0
Filing-delay notice, quarterly report filed within extension (NT 10-Q) (history)2019-05-161/51.22712 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2019-04-015/530.02757 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2018-11-143/514.02895 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2018-08-143/514.02987 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2018-05-153/514.03078 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2018-04-025/530.03121 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2017-11-163/514.03258 d×0.000.0
Filing-delay notice, quarterly report filed within extension (NT 10-Q) (history)2017-11-151/51.23259 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2017-10-123/514.03293 d×0.000.0
Late quarterly report (NT 10-Q) (history)2017-08-153/59.83351 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2017-05-153/514.03443 d×0.000.0
Going-concern doubt (history)2017-03-315/530.03488 d×0.000.0

The red flag score summarizes how many, how serious and how recent a company's verified SEC red-flag filings are. It describes filing events only. It is not a fraud score, credit rating or prediction, and not investment advice.

What happened next

FlagDateCap at flag30d90d180d1y
Going-concern doubt alleviated2026-03-31$37.2M+24.1%+27.1%+300.3%pending
Going-concern doubt alleviated2025-04-01$27.8M-1.1%-2.7%-35.1%+46.5%
Filing-delay notice, annual report filed within extension (NT 10-K)2025-04-01$27.8M-1.1%-2.7%-35.1%+46.5%
Going-concern doubt alleviated2024-04-01$78.2M+25.2%-16.2%-22.5%-64.2%
Going-concern doubt2023-11-14$70.9M-10.9%+1.8%+64.9%-18.9%
Going-concern doubt2023-08-14$94.9M-34.1%-28.6%-27.3%-36.5%
Going-concern doubt2023-04-03$36.1M+0.0%+143.6%+82.1%+192.3%
Filing-delay notice, annual report filed within extension (NT 10-K)2023-04-03$36.1M+0.0%+143.6%+82.1%+192.3%
Going-concern doubt2022-11-14$26.9M-39.4%+22.8%+19.4%+163.9%
Going-concern doubt2022-08-15$22.8M+23.4%+27.7%+56.7%+141.1%
Going-concern doubt2022-05-16$8.7M+171.9%+181.0%+228.5%+427.4%
Going-concern doubt2022-04-01$12.5M-44.8%+61.3%+38.1%+167.4%
Filing-delay notice, annual report filed within extension (NT 10-K)2022-04-01$12.5M-44.8%+61.3%+38.1%+167.4%
Going-concern doubt2021-11-15$3.8M+0.0%-3.3%+109.3%+350.0%
Going-concern doubt2021-08-17$4.3M+3.4%+3.4%+0.0%+396.6%
Filing-delay notice, quarterly report filed within extension (NT 10-Q)2021-08-17$4.3M+3.4%+3.4%+0.0%+396.6%
Going-concern doubt2021-05-17$6.7M-28.8%-50.8%-49.2%+23.7%
Going-concern doubt2021-03-31$7.1M-10.5%-22.8%-50.9%+58.8%
Going-concern doubt2020-11-16$3.4M-22.2%+103.7%+96.3%+11.1%
Going-concern doubt2020-08-14$6.4M-21.6%-47.1%+2.0%-43.1%
Going-concern doubt2020-05-15$6.9M-21.8%-7.3%-36.4%-3.6%
Going-concern doubt2020-03-30$7.0M+24.4%+24.4%-2.4%+39.0%
Going-concern doubt2019-11-14$12.3M-44.0%-49.0%-40.0%-73.0%
Going-concern doubt2019-08-14$12.1M+7.3%-9.1%-53.6%-53.6%
Going-concern doubt2019-05-16$12.1M-5.5%+0.0%-9.1%-50.0%
Filing-delay notice, quarterly report filed within extension (NT 10-Q)2019-05-16$12.1M-5.5%+0.0%-9.1%-50.0%
Going-concern doubt2019-04-01$11.0M+0.9%-5.4%+6.3%-48.6%
Going-concern doubt2018-11-14$11.5M+1.9%+31.4%+1.0%-4.8%
Going-concern doubt2018-08-14$9.8M+6.4%+11.7%+33.0%+17.0%
Going-concern doubt2018-05-15$3.6M+25.0%+235.7%+275.0%+292.9%
Going-concern doubt2018-04-02$7.5M-55.0%-40.0%+75.0%+88.3%
Going-concern doubt2017-11-16$1.7M+114.3%+600.0%+135.7%+685.7%
Filing-delay notice, quarterly report filed within extension (NT 10-Q)2017-11-15$1.5M+80.0%+553.3%+86.7%+600.0%
Going-concern doubt2017-10-12$1.6M+60.0%+1050.0%+350.0%+920.0%
Late quarterly report (NT 10-Q)2017-08-15$3.9M-63.6%-70.9%+87.3%+70.9%
Going-concern doubt2017-05-15$28.2M+0.4%-78.0%-93.6%-86.8%
Going-concern doubt2017-03-31$37.2M-40.0%-46.0%-94.3%-80.3%

Stock return after each flag; pending = window not yet elapsed; n/a = no price data (for older flags often because the stock no longer trades).

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