EPM vs. TXO, TTI, GPRK, GFR, EGY, SD, BRY, PNRG, TBN, and WTI
Should you be buying Evolution Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evolution Petroleum include TXO Partners (TXO), TETRA Technologies (TTI), GeoPark (GPRK), Greenfire Resources (GFR), VAALCO Energy (EGY), SandRidge Energy (SD), Berry (BRY), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), Tamboran Resources (TBN), and W&T Offshore (WTI). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Evolution Petroleum vs.
Evolution Petroleum (NYSE:EPM) and TXO Partners (NYSE:TXO) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, TXO Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Evolution Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TXO Partners and 2 mentions for Evolution Petroleum. Evolution Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat TXO Partners' score of 0.87 indicating that Evolution Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Evolution Petroleum has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TXO Partners has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Evolution Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. TXO Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Evolution Petroleum pays out 342.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TXO Partners pays out -39.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TXO Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TXO Partners has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.90%. Given TXO Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TXO Partners is more favorable than Evolution Petroleum.
Evolution Petroleum received 1 more outperform votes than TXO Partners when rated by MarketBeat users.
Evolution Petroleum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TXO Partners. TXO Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evolution Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
60.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of TXO Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Evolution Petroleum has a net margin of 5.36% compared to TXO Partners' net margin of -63.22%. TXO Partners' return on equity of 8.05% beat Evolution Petroleum's return on equity.
Summary
Evolution Petroleum beats TXO Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EPM) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff