Epsilon Energy (EPSN) Competitors

Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) and Epsilon Energy (NASDAQ:EPSN) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, DEC or EPSN?

Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Epsilon Energy has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer DEC or EPSN?

Diversified Energy currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 95.66%. Epsilon Energy has a consensus target price of $7.70, suggesting a potential upside of 13.40%. Given Diversified Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Diversified Energy is more favorable than Epsilon Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diversified Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Epsilon Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DEC or EPSN?

26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Epsilon Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Epsilon Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DEC or EPSN a better dividend stock?

Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Epsilon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Epsilon Energy pays out 250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor DEC or EPSN?

In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Epsilon Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Diversified Energy and 1 mentions for Epsilon Energy. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Epsilon Energy's score of 0.50 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Diversified Energy	Positive
Epsilon Energy	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DEC or EPSN?

Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Epsilon Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diversified Energy	$794.84M	0.71	$758.02M	N/A	N/A
Epsilon Energy	$31.52M	4.74	$6.95M	$0.10	67.90

Is DEC or EPSN more profitable?

Epsilon Energy has a net margin of 16.97% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Epsilon Energy's return on equity of 5.31% beat Diversified Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diversified Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Epsilon Energy	16.97%	5.31%	4.30%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DEC or EPSN?

Epsilon Energy received 10 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Diversified Energy an outperform vote while only 62.07% of users gave Epsilon Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diversified Energy	Outperform Votes 8 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Epsilon Energy	Outperform Votes 18 62.07%	Underperform Votes 11 37.93%

Summary

Diversified Energy beats Epsilon Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.