Empire Petroleum Corporation (EP) vs Evolution Petroleum Corporation, Inc. (EPM)

Empire Petroleum Corporation and Evolution Petroleum Corporation, Inc. are both Oil & Gas E&P companies. Evolution Petroleum Corporation, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $140.6M against $83.6M — 1.7× the size. Evolution Petroleum Corporation, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.59% against −20.8%. Evolution Petroleum Corporation, Inc. has the higher net margin (−2.81% vs −229.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.96% vs −225.0%). Across the 18 metrics below, Evolution Petroleum Corporation, Inc. leads on 15 and Empire Petroleum Corporation on 3.

Valuation

Metric EP EPM Oil & Gas E&P median
P/E n/m n/m 9.67
P/S 2.70 1.37 1.76
P/B 11.45 1.96 1.19
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 8.37
EV/EBITDA n/m 6.39 4.59
EV/Sales 3.08 1.96 2.27
Earnings yield (100.99%) (2.31%) 7.55%
Free cash flow yield (13.61%) (3.09%) 3.98%

Profitability

Metric EP EPM Oil & Gas E&P median
Gross margin 25.08% 100.00% 79.54%
Operating margin (224.05%) 4.03% 24.01%
Net margin (229.58%) (2.81%) 14.11%
Free cash flow margin (36.72%) (4.24%) 7.72%
Return on equity (230.66%) (3.67%) 8.99%
Return on assets (69.31%) (1.48%) 4.63%
Return on invested capital (224.98%) 1.96% 6.33%

Growth

Metric EP EPM Oil & Gas E&P median
Revenue growth (TTM) (20.82%) 0.59% 13.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (292.59%) (366.67%) (10.17%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 34.65% 21.43% 18.67%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EP EPM Oil & Gas E&P median
Debt to equity 2.07 0.94 0.29
Current ratio 0.42 0.92 0.92
Net debt to EBITDA (0.25) 1.91 0.93

Dividend

Metric EP EPM Oil & Gas E&P median
Dividend yield — 13.87% 3.76%
Payout ratio — — 0.33

Size

Metric EP EPM Oil & Gas E&P median
Market cap 83.62m 140.63m 953.29m

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