Empire Petroleum Corporation (EP) vs Epsilon Energy Ltd. (EPSN)

Empire Petroleum Corporation and Epsilon Energy Ltd. are both Oil & Gas E&P companies. Epsilon Energy Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $178.1M against $136.0M — 1.3× the size. Epsilon Energy Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 53.7% against −20.8%. Epsilon Energy Ltd. has the higher net margin (−5.18% vs −229.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.26% vs −225.0%). Across the 18 metrics below, Epsilon Energy Ltd. leads on 13 and Empire Petroleum Corporation on 5.

Valuation

Metric EP EPSN Oil & Gas E&P median
P/E n/m n/m 11.01
P/S 4.29 2.67 1.98
P/B 18.22 1.39 1.30
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 10.68
EV/EBITDA n/m 17.33 5.09
EV/Sales 4.68 3.10 2.63
Earnings yield (63.47%) (3.35%) 5.78%
Free cash flow yield (8.55%) (17.12%) 4.91%

Profitability

Metric EP EPSN Oil & Gas E&P median
Gross margin 25.08% 96.60% 80.41%
Operating margin (224.05%) 0.99% 21.39%
Net margin (229.58%) (5.18%) 14.17%
Free cash flow margin (36.72%) (45.69%) 8.18%
Return on equity (230.66%) (3.05%) 10.05%
Return on assets (69.31%) (1.95%) 5.81%
Return on invested capital (224.98%) 0.26% 6.32%

Growth

Metric EP EPSN Oil & Gas E&P median
Revenue growth (TTM) (20.82%) 53.71% 9.94%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (292.59%) (333.33%) (10.50%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 34.65% 16.13% 18.67%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EP EPSN Oil & Gas E&P median
Debt to equity 2.07 0.31 0.28
Current ratio 0.42 0.96 0.96
Net debt to EBITDA (0.25) 24.47 0.89

Dividend

Metric EP EPSN Oil & Gas E&P median
Dividend yield — 4.19% 3.29%
Payout ratio — — 0.35

Size

Metric EP EPSN Oil & Gas E&P median
Market cap 136.04m 178.07m 1.04b

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