Imperial Petroleum Inc. (IMPP) vs WhiteHawk Minerals Corp. (WHK)

Imperial Petroleum Inc. and WhiteHawk Minerals Corp. are both Oil & Gas Midstream companies. WhiteHawk Minerals Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $730.7M against $197.1M — 3.7× the size. WhiteHawk Minerals Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Imperial Petroleum Inc. trades at 2.1×. Imperial Petroleum Inc. has the higher net margin (36.8% vs −81.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.3% vs 0.04%). Across the 16 metrics below, Imperial Petroleum Inc. leads on 14 and WhiteHawk Minerals Corp. on 2.

Valuation

Metric IMPP WHK Oil & Gas Midstream median
P/E 2.14 n/m 11.68
P/S 0.81 5.92 2.39
P/B 0.33 1.11 1.68
Price to free cash flow 1.70 n/m 8.52
EV/EBITDA n/m 15.79 9.03
EV/Sales (0.02) 6.79 3.43
Earnings yield 46.76% (21.24%) 7.78%
Free cash flow yield 58.66% (35.89%) 7.11%

Profitability

Metric IMPP WHK Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 50.32% 100.00% 54.87%
Operating margin 34.73% 0.38% 34.73%
Net margin 36.75% (81.94%) 20.12%
Free cash flow margin 48.33% (212.45%) 14.43%
Return on equity 17.19% 0.00% 11.73%
Return on assets 14.31% 0.00% 4.43%
Return on invested capital 15.34% 0.04% 6.10%

Growth

Metric IMPP WHK Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 89.03% — 14.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (7.86%) 66.36% (7.78%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 51.31% — 10.05%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric IMPP WHK Oil & Gas Midstream median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.18 0.77
Current ratio 4.77 1.39 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA (2.72) 4.91 3.46

Dividend

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

Size

Metric IMPP WHK Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 197.08m 730.66m 3.56b

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