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U.S. Energy (USEG) Competitors

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USEG vs. EPSN, EPM, TUSK, AMPY, NCSM, MVO, PED, VOC, PVL, and PRT

Should you be buying U.S. Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Energy include Epsilon Energy (EPSN), Evolution Petroleum (EPM), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Amplify Energy (AMPY), NCS Multistage (NCSM), MV Oil Trust (MVO), PEDEVCO (PED), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), and PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

U.S. Energy vs.

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

U.S. Energy presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 186.89%. Epsilon Energy has a consensus target price of $7.70, suggesting a potential upside of 8.60%. Given U.S. Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe U.S. Energy is more favorable than Epsilon Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
U.S. Energy
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

Epsilon Energy has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Energy. U.S. Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Epsilon Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
U.S. Energy$17.42M2.38-$32.36M-$0.70-1.74
Epsilon Energy$31.52M4.95$6.95M$0.2133.76

In the previous week, U.S. Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Epsilon Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for U.S. Energy and 3 mentions for Epsilon Energy. Epsilon Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat U.S. Energy's score of -0.40 indicating that Epsilon Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
U.S. Energy
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Epsilon Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

U.S. Energy received 179 more outperform votes than Epsilon Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.33% of users gave Epsilon Energy an outperform vote while only 50.77% of users gave U.S. Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
U.S. EnergyOutperform Votes
198
50.77%
Underperform Votes
192
49.23%
Epsilon EnergyOutperform Votes
19
63.33%
Underperform Votes
11
36.67%

3.0% of U.S. Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Epsilon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 70.9% of U.S. Energy 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

U.S. Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Epsilon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. U.S. Energy pays out -12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. U.S. Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

U.S. Energy has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% 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.

Epsilon Energy has a net margin of 16.97% compared to U.S. Energy's net margin of -141.51%. Epsilon Energy's return on equity of 5.31% beat U.S. Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
U.S. Energy-141.51% -71.83% -39.03%
Epsilon Energy 16.97%5.31%4.30%

Summary

Epsilon Energy beats U.S. Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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USEG vs. The Competition

MetricU.S. EnergyCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$41.47M$7.61B$7.27B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A24.04%11.00%4.11%
P/E Ratio-0.9210.3853.7619.71
Price / Sales2.387.6724,457.04120.53
Price / CashN/A7.3835.5034.62
Price / Book0.671.573.544.50
Net Income-$32.36M$1.09B$4.30B$248.22M
7 Day Performance1.67%-1.28%-1.03%0.56%
1 Month Performance11.93%3.28%6.32%13.17%
1 Year Performance8.93%-15.80%177.99%7.30%

U.S. Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USEG
U.S. Energy
3.3496 of 5 stars
$1.39
+13.9%
$3.50
+151.8%
+8.9%$46.94M$17.42M-1.0520Analyst Downgrade
EPSN
Epsilon Energy
2.86 of 5 stars
$7.08
+1.6%
$7.70
+8.8%
+32.0%$155.88M$31.52M28.329Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
EPM
Evolution Petroleum
3.5121 of 5 stars
$4.45
-1.1%
$6.10
+37.1%
N/A$154.39M$86.42M89.028News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
TUSK
Mammoth Energy Services
1.5151 of 5 stars
$2.50
+1.6%
N/A-31.4%$120.32M$207.21M-0.611,040News Coverage
Insider Trade
AMPY
Amplify Energy
3.6542 of 5 stars
$2.69
-7.6%
$9.67
+259.4%
-57.0%$108.51M$290.43M1.75210Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
NCSM
NCS Multistage
1.7375 of 5 stars
$31.72
-0.8%
N/A+93.9%$80.60M$168.70M1.86220Analyst Downgrade
MVO
MV Oil Trust
0.9531 of 5 stars
$5.87
+0.7%
N/A-37.2%$67.51M$16.01M3.69N/A
PED
PEDEVCO
3.5253 of 5 stars
$0.62
-0.2%
$1.63
+160.0%
-34.9%$57.08M$39.55M31.2610News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
VOC
VOC Energy Trust
N/A$3.22
+2.5%
N/A-44.3%$54.74M$11.92M4.132,020
PVL
Permianville Royalty Trust
1.2527 of 5 stars
$1.53
-1.3%
N/A+14.2%$50.49M$4.26M7.292,020
PRT
PermRock Royalty Trust
2.2435 of 5 stars
$3.98
+3.9%
N/A+2.4%$46.60M$6.02M9.482,020

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This page (NASDAQ:USEG) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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