Epsilon Energy (EPSN) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TXO or EPSN?

Epsilon Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TXO Partners. TXO Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Epsilon Energy, 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
TXO Partners	$299.70M	2.13	-$103.99M	$0.42	36.75
Epsilon Energy	$39.70M	4.41	$6.95M	$0.21	37.83

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TXO or EPSN?

27.4% of TXO Partners 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, TXO or EPSN?

TXO Partners has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Epsilon Energy has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TXO or EPSN more profitable?

Epsilon Energy has a net margin of 16.97% compared to TXO Partners' net margin of -63.22%. TXO Partners' return on equity of 8.05% beat Epsilon Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TXO Partners	-63.22%	8.05%	5.41%
Epsilon Energy	16.97%	5.31%	4.30%

Does the media prefer TXO or EPSN?

In the previous week, Epsilon Energy had 1 more articles in the media than TXO Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Epsilon Energy and 2 mentions for TXO Partners. TXO Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Epsilon Energy's score of 1.04 indicating that TXO Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TXO Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Epsilon Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TXO or EPSN?

Epsilon Energy received 11 more outperform votes than TXO Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave TXO Partners an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave Epsilon Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TXO Partners	Outperform Votes 8 72.73%	Underperform Votes 3 27.27%
Epsilon Energy	Outperform Votes 19 63.33%	Underperform Votes 11 36.67%

Is TXO or EPSN a better dividend stock?

TXO Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. Epsilon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. TXO Partners pays out 581.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Epsilon Energy pays out 119.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TXO Partners has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. TXO Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend TXO or EPSN?

TXO Partners presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.58%. Epsilon Energy has a consensus price target of $7.70, suggesting a potential downside of 3.08%. Given TXO Partners' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe TXO Partners is more favorable than Epsilon Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TXO Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 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

Summary

Epsilon Energy beats TXO Partners on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.