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 $337.6M against $222.2M — 1.5× the size. Imperial Petroleum Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 2.4× against 22.5×. 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 2.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.3% vs 3.03%). Across the 22 metrics below, Imperial Petroleum Inc. leads on 19 and KNOT Offshore Partners LP on 3.

Valuation

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
P/E 2.40 22.50 12.77
P/S 0.91 0.90 2.36
P/B 0.37 0.64 2.09
Price to free cash flow 1.91 2.22 9.71
EV/EBITDA 0.17 5.53 8.30
EV/Sales 0.08 3.01 3.88
Earnings yield 41.74% 4.44% 7.15%
Free cash flow yield 52.36% 44.95% 6.86%

Profitability

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 50.32% 63.67% 56.58%
Operating margin 34.73% 18.13% 34.18%
Net margin 36.75% 2.04% 22.50%
Free cash flow margin 48.33% 40.24% 13.70%
Return on equity 17.19% 1.46% 14.65%
Return on assets 14.31% 0.48% 5.00%
Return on invested capital 15.34% 3.03% 6.13%

Growth

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 89.03% 12.85% 15.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (7.86%) 68.29% (7.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 51.31% 5.47% 9.59%
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 0.78
Current ratio 4.77 0.34 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA (2.72) 4.37 3.42

Dividend

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
Dividend yield — 2.80% 4.54%
Payout ratio — 0.63 0.76

Size

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 222.17m 337.59m 3.73b

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