Imperial Petroleum Inc. (IMPP) vs New Fortress Energy LLC (NFE)

Imperial Petroleum Inc. and New Fortress Energy LLC are both Oil & Gas Midstream companies. Imperial Petroleum Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $197.1M against $62.8M — 3.1× the size. New Fortress Energy LLC has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Imperial Petroleum Inc. trades at 2.1×. Imperial Petroleum Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 89.0% against −37.3%. Imperial Petroleum Inc. has the higher net margin (36.8% vs −147.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.3% vs −8.62%). Across the 17 metrics below, Imperial Petroleum Inc. leads on 14 and New Fortress Energy LLC on 3.

Valuation

Metric IMPP NFE Oil & Gas Midstream median
P/E 2.14 n/m 11.68
P/S 0.81 0.02 2.39
P/B 0.33 n/m 1.68
Price to free cash flow 1.70 n/m 8.52
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 9.03
EV/Sales (0.02) 6.61 3.43
Earnings yield 46.76% (8,608.41%) 7.78%
Free cash flow yield 58.66% (3,439.42%) 7.11%

Profitability

Metric IMPP NFE Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 50.32% 34.01% 54.87%
Operating margin 34.73% (86.31%) 34.73%
Net margin 36.75% (147.03%) 20.12%
Free cash flow margin 48.33% (59.85%) 14.43%
Return on equity 17.19% (405.12%) 11.73%
Return on assets 14.31% (16.42%) 4.43%
Return on invested capital 15.34% (8.62%) 6.10%

Growth

Metric IMPP NFE Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 89.03% (37.31%) 14.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (7.86%) (426.28%) (7.78%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 51.31% 27.20% 10.05%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric IMPP NFE Oil & Gas Midstream median
Debt to equity 0.00 (20.48) 0.77
Current ratio 4.77 0.16 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA (2.72) (34.61) 3.46

Dividend

Metric IMPP NFE Oil & Gas Midstream median
Dividend yield — 0.00% 4.94%
Payout ratio — — 0.73

Size

Metric IMPP NFE Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 197.08m 62.84m 3.56b

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack