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 $145.8M against $94.0M — 1.6× 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 16 and Empire Petroleum Corporation on 2.

Valuation

Metric EP EPM Oil & Gas E&P median
P/E n/m n/m 10.57
P/S 2.80 1.40 1.80
P/B 11.90 2.00 1.27
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 9.99
EV/EBITDA n/m 6.48 5.08
EV/Sales 3.19 1.98 2.39
Earnings yield (97.16%) (2.27%) 6.06%
Free cash flow yield (13.09%) (3.02%) 6.17%

Profitability

Metric EP EPM Oil & Gas E&P median
Gross margin 25.08% 100.00% 80.41%
Operating margin (224.05%) 4.03% 21.39%
Net margin (229.58%) (2.81%) 14.17%
Free cash flow margin (36.72%) (4.24%) 9.71%
Return on equity (230.66%) (3.67%) 10.05%
Return on assets (69.31%) (1.48%) 5.81%
Return on invested capital (224.98%) 1.96% 6.32%

Growth

Metric EP EPM Oil & Gas E&P median
Revenue growth (TTM) (20.82%) 0.59% 9.94%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (292.59%) (281.00%) —
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 0.28
Current ratio 0.42 0.92 0.96
Net debt to EBITDA (0.25) 1.91 0.91

Dividend

Metric EP EPM Oil & Gas E&P median
Dividend yield — 8.70% 4.93%
Payout ratio — 0.46 0.07

Size

Metric EP EPM Oil & Gas E&P median
Market cap 94.02m 145.83m 923.59m

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