Evolution Petroleum (EPM) Competitors

North American Construction Group (NYSE:NOA) and Evolution Petroleum (NYSE:EPM) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NOA or EPM?

North American Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Evolution Petroleum. North American Construction Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evolution Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
North American Construction Group	$709.04M	0.72	$46.78M	$1.44	12.83
Evolution Petroleum	$85.88M	2.05	$4.08M	$0.05	102.62

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of NOA or EPM?

75.0% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer NOA or EPM?

Evolution Petroleum has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.71%. Given Evolution Petroleum's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Evolution Petroleum is more favorable than North American Construction Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
North American Construction Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Evolution Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is NOA or EPM more profitable?

North American Construction Group has a net margin of 4.79% compared to Evolution Petroleum's net margin of 2.04%. North American Construction Group's return on equity of 26.00% beat Evolution Petroleum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
North American Construction Group	4.79%	26.00%	6.03%
Evolution Petroleum	2.04%	2.42%	1.20%

Is NOA or EPM a better dividend stock?

North American Construction Group pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Evolution Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. North American Construction Group pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evolution Petroleum pays out 960.2% 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 prefer NOA or EPM?

In the previous week, Evolution Petroleum had 4 more articles in the media than North American Construction Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Evolution Petroleum and 2 mentions for North American Construction Group. North American Construction Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Evolution Petroleum's score of -0.33 indicating that North American Construction Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
North American Construction Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Evolution Petroleum	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NOA or EPM?

North American Construction Group received 380 more outperform votes than Evolution Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.58% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Evolution Petroleum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
North American Construction Group	Outperform Votes 382 69.58%	Underperform Votes 167 30.42%
Evolution Petroleum	Outperform Votes 2 33.33%	Underperform Votes 4 66.67%

Which has more risk and volatility, NOA or EPM?

North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evolution Petroleum has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

North American Construction Group beats Evolution Petroleum on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.