EPM vs. DEC, VTLE, REPX, BORR, PUMP, CLB, TBN, NOA, GPRK, and GFR
Should you be buying Evolution Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evolution Petroleum include Diversified Energy (DEC), Vital Energy (VTLE), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), Borr Drilling (BORR), ProPetro (PUMP), Core Laboratories (CLB), Tamboran Resources (TBN), North American Construction Group (NOA), Geopark (GPRK), and Greenfire Resources (GFR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Evolution Petroleum vs. Its Competitors
Evolution Petroleum (NYSE:EPM) and Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
Evolution Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Evolution Petroleum pays out 1,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Evolution Petroleum had 1 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Evolution Petroleum and 1 mentions for Diversified Energy. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Evolution Petroleum's score of 0.00 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Evolution Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of $6.10, indicating a potential upside of 29.51%. Diversified Energy has a consensus target price of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 75.83%. Given Diversified Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Diversified Energy is more favorable than Evolution Petroleum.
60.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Evolution Petroleum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Diversified Energy.
Evolution Petroleum has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Evolution Petroleum has a net margin of 2.04% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Evolution Petroleum's return on equity of 2.42% beat Diversified Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Evolution Petroleum beats Diversified Energy on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EPM) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
