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 $369.4M against $232.2M — 1.6× the size. Imperial Petroleum Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 2.5× against 24.1×. 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 21 metrics below, Imperial Petroleum Inc. leads on 19 and KNOT Offshore Partners LP on 2.

Valuation

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
P/E 2.51 24.11 13.19
P/S 0.95 0.96 2.60
P/B 0.39 0.68 2.08
Price to free cash flow 2.00 2.38 10.14
EV/EBITDA n/m 5.65 8.11
EV/Sales (0.02) 3.07 3.89
Earnings yield 39.92% 4.15% 6.83%
Free cash flow yield 50.08% 41.94% 6.94%

Profitability

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 50.32% 63.67% 58.81%
Operating margin 34.73% 18.13% 32.14%
Net margin 36.75% 2.04% 21.16%
Free cash flow margin 48.33% 40.24% 10.15%
Return on equity 17.19% 1.46% 11.30%
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% 15.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (7.86%) 68.29% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 51.31% 5.47% 8.96%
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 — 1.81% 7.29%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.64

Size

Metric IMPP KNOP Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 232.21m 369.37m 3.61b

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