Evolution Petroleum (EPM) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EPM or DEC?

60.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, EPM or DEC?

Evolution Petroleum has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, EPM or DEC?

Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Evolution Petroleum.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Evolution Petroleum	$86.42M	2.05	$4.08M	$0.05	103.40
Diversified Energy	$794.84M	0.81	$758.02M	N/A	N/A

Is EPM or DEC more profitable?

Evolution Petroleum has a net margin of 2.04% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Evolution Petroleum's return on equity of 2.42% beat Diversified Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evolution Petroleum	2.04%	2.42%	1.20%
Diversified Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EPM or DEC?

Diversified Energy received 5 more outperform votes than Evolution Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Diversified Energy an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Evolution Petroleum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Evolution Petroleum	Outperform Votes 2 33.33%	Underperform Votes 4 66.67%
Diversified Energy	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media refer more to EPM or DEC?

In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Evolution Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Diversified Energy and 3 mentions for Evolution Petroleum. Evolution Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Diversified Energy's score of 0.62 indicating that Evolution Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Evolution Petroleum	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Diversified Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate EPM or DEC?

Evolution Petroleum currently has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.73%. Diversified Energy has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 71.51%. Given Diversified Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Diversified Energy is more favorable than Evolution Petroleum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evolution Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Diversified Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is EPM or DEC a better dividend stock?

Evolution Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Evolution Petroleum pays out 960.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Evolution Petroleum beats Diversified Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.