Evolution Petroleum (EPM) Competitors

Evolution Petroleum (NYSE:EPM) and TXO Partners (NYSE:TXO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Is EPM or TXO a better dividend stock?

Evolution Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. TXO Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.6%. Evolution Petroleum pays out -1,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TXO Partners pays out 739.4% 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 increased 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.

Is EPM or TXO more profitable?

TXO Partners has a net margin of 3.82% compared to Evolution Petroleum's net margin of 2.04%. TXO Partners' return on equity of 3.16% beat Evolution Petroleum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evolution Petroleum	2.04%	2.42%	1.20%
TXO Partners	3.82%	3.16%	1.97%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EPM or TXO?

TXO Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Evolution Petroleum. Evolution Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TXO Partners, 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
Evolution Petroleum	$85.96M	2.00	$4.08M	-$0.03	-167.33
TXO Partners	$282.81M	2.15	$23.50M	$0.33	44.50

Do analysts prefer EPM or TXO?

Evolution Petroleum presently has a consensus price target of $6.10, indicating a potential upside of 21.51%. TXO Partners has a consensus price target of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.23%. Given TXO Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TXO Partners is more favorable than Evolution Petroleum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evolution Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
TXO Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Does the media favor EPM or TXO?

In the previous week, TXO Partners had 6 more articles in the media than Evolution Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TXO Partners and 0 mentions for Evolution Petroleum. TXO Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Evolution Petroleum's score of 0.00 indicating that TXO Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Evolution Petroleum	Neutral
TXO Partners	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, EPM or TXO?

Evolution Petroleum has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TXO Partners has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

60.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of TXO Partners 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

TXO Partners beats Evolution Petroleum on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.