EPSN vs. BORR, NOA, GPRK, GFR, PNRG, TBN, RNGR, GTE, EPM, and PROP
Should you be buying Epsilon Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Epsilon Energy include Borr Drilling (BORR), North American Construction Group (NOA), GeoPark (GPRK), Greenfire Resources (GFR), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), Tamboran Resources (TBN), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Evolution Petroleum (EPM), and Prairie Operating (PROP). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Epsilon Energy vs.
Borr Drilling (NYSE:BORR) and Epsilon Energy (NASDAQ:EPSN) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Epsilon Energy has a net margin of 16.97% compared to Borr Drilling's net margin of 8.12%. Borr Drilling's return on equity of 8.27% beat Epsilon Energy's return on equity.
Borr Drilling pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Epsilon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Borr Drilling pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Borr Drilling is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
83.1% of Borr Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Epsilon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Borr Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Epsilon Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Borr Drilling presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 282.98%. Epsilon Energy has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.85%. Given Borr Drilling's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Borr Drilling is more favorable than Epsilon Energy.
In the previous week, Epsilon Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Borr Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Epsilon Energy and 4 mentions for Borr Drilling. Borr Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Epsilon Energy's score of 0.68 indicating that Borr Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Epsilon Energy received 11 more outperform votes than Borr Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Borr Drilling an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave Epsilon Energy an outperform vote.
Borr Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Epsilon Energy. Borr Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Epsilon Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Borr Drilling has a beta of 2.69, indicating that its stock price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Epsilon Energy has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Borr Drilling beats Epsilon Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EPSN) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
