Imperial Petroleum Inc. (IMPP) vs KNOT Offshore Partners LP (KNOP)

Imperial Petroleum Inc. and KNOT Offshore Partners LP are both Oil & Gas Midstream companies. KNOT Offshore Partners LP is the larger, with a market value of $292.7M against $197.1M — 1.5× the size. Imperial Petroleum Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 2.1× against 21.2×. Imperial Petroleum Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 89.0% against 12.9%. Imperial Petroleum Inc. has the higher net margin (36.8% vs 3.46%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.3% vs 3.03%). Across the 21 metrics below, Imperial Petroleum Inc. leads on 18 and KNOT Offshore Partners LP on 3.

Valuation

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
P/E 2.14 21.21 11.68
P/S 0.81 0.77 2.39
P/B 0.33 0.55 1.68
Price to free cash flow 1.70 1.91 8.52
EV/EBITDA n/m 5.30 9.03
EV/Sales (0.02) 2.88 3.43
Earnings yield 46.76% 4.71% 7.78%
Free cash flow yield 58.66% 52.42% 7.11%

Profitability

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 50.32% 63.67% 54.87%
Operating margin 34.73% 18.13% 34.73%
Net margin 36.75% 3.46% 20.12%
Free cash flow margin 48.33% 40.24% 14.43%
Return on equity 17.19% 2.46% 11.73%
Return on assets 14.31% 0.81% 4.43%
Return on invested capital 15.34% 3.03% 6.10%

Growth

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 89.03% 12.85% 14.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (7.86%) 128.57% (7.78%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 51.31% 5.47% 10.05%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (22.27%) 0.00%

Health

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.45 0.77
Current ratio 4.77 0.34 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA (2.72) 4.37 3.46

Dividend

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
Dividend yield — 2.96% 4.94%
Payout ratio — 0.63 0.73

Size

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 197.08m 292.66m 3.56b

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