Ecopetrol S.A. (EC) vs Vivakor, Inc. (VIVK)

Ecopetrol S.A. and Vivakor, Inc. are both Oil & Gas Integrated companies. Ecopetrol S.A. is the larger, with a market value of $32.0B against $600.0K — 53250.0× the size. Vivakor, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Ecopetrol S.A. trades at 8.2×. Vivakor, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −27.8% against −76.8%. Ecopetrol S.A. has the higher net margin (11.7% vs −115.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.16% vs −50.6%). Across the 19 metrics below, Ecopetrol S.A. leads on 11 and Vivakor, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric EC VIVK Oil & Gas Integrated median
P/E 8.22 n/m 8.49
P/S 0.99 0.00 1.00
P/B 1.50 0.00 1.34
Price to free cash flow 6.43 n/m 7.90
EV/EBITDA 4.72 n/m 4.07
EV/Sales 1.85 0.32 1.19
Earnings yield 12.17% (14,548,039.18%) 11.52%
Free cash flow yield 15.55% (95,908.83%) 8.19%

Profitability

Metric EC VIVK Oil & Gas Integrated median
Gross margin 36.64% 45.52% 41.32%
Operating margin 27.60% (59.04%) 16.71%
Net margin 11.72% (115.31%) 9.96%
Free cash flow margin 15.34% (13.92%) 11.34%
Return on equity 0.00% (153.35%) 14.86%
Return on assets 5.27% (57.54%) 6.69%
Return on invested capital 9.16% (50.55%) 11.99%

Growth

Metric EC VIVK Oil & Gas Integrated median
Revenue growth (TTM) (76.82%) (27.81%) 12.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (24.10%) (109.22%) (14.54%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (18.18%) 134.97% 12.04%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.34% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EC VIVK Oil & Gas Integrated median
Debt to equity 0.96 0.81 0.53
Current ratio 1.51 0.20 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA 2.26 (0.51) 0.80

Dividend

Metric EC VIVK Oil & Gas Integrated median
Dividend yield 4.18% — 3.90%
Payout ratio 0.34 — 0.40

Size

Metric EC VIVK Oil & Gas Integrated median
Market cap 31.95b 600.00k 45.56b

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