Evolution Petroleum (EPM) Competitors

Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) and Evolution Petroleum (NYSE:EPM) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is CLB or EPM a better dividend stock?

Core Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Evolution Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Core Laboratories pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evolution Petroleum pays out 960.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend CLB or EPM?

Core Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $15.75, suggesting a potential upside of 31.85%. Evolution Petroleum has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 53.66%. Given Evolution Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Evolution Petroleum is more favorable than Core Laboratories.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Core Laboratories	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
Evolution Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CLB or EPM?

Core Laboratories received 467 more outperform votes than Evolution Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.35% of users gave Core Laboratories an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Evolution Petroleum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Core Laboratories	Outperform Votes 469 54.35%	Underperform Votes 394 45.65%
Evolution Petroleum	Outperform Votes 2 28.57%	Underperform Votes 5 71.43%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CLB or EPM?

Core Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Evolution Petroleum. Core Laboratories 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
Core Laboratories	$517.80M	1.08	$31.40M	$0.59	20.25
Evolution Petroleum	$86.42M	1.68	$4.08M	$0.05	84.60

Does the media prefer CLB or EPM?

In the previous week, Core Laboratories had 1 more articles in the media than Evolution Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Core Laboratories and 10 mentions for Evolution Petroleum. Core Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Evolution Petroleum's score of -0.63 indicating that Core Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Core Laboratories	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Evolution Petroleum	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CLB or EPM?

97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Core Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CLB or EPM more profitable?

Core Laboratories has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Evolution Petroleum's net margin of 2.04%. Core Laboratories' return on equity of 16.24% beat Evolution Petroleum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Core Laboratories	5.99%	16.24%	6.82%
Evolution Petroleum	2.04%	2.42%	1.20%

Which has more volatility & risk, CLB or EPM?

Core Laboratories has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evolution Petroleum has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Core Laboratories beats Evolution Petroleum on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.