EPM

HoldHot Air

Evolution Petroleum Corporation · Energy · United States · $158M cap · $1.1M/day traded

$3.48 +0.6% · close 6 Nov · scored 7 Nov

Hot Air: Strong momentum and nothing else: weak business, rich price.

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Quality
41
Value
47
Momentum
57

As of 7 Nov 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Evolution Petroleum Corporation (EPM) is 50/100, ranked against 25,000+ stocks in 38 markets (Quality 41, Value 47, Momentum 57, each scored against its sector).

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P/E (TTM)
—
peers 17.1x
ROE
-3.7%
peers 9.8%
D/E
0.9x
peers 0.5x
Dividend %
12.6%
trailing yield

ABOUT EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORPORATION

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Evolution Petroleum Corporation is an independent energy company focused on acquiring and owning oil and natural gas properties, with a strategy of partnering with established operators to manage production. The company's competitive advantage is its low-overhead, non-operated business model, which minimizes capital expenditure while securing steady dividend-paying cash flows from mature assets. Evolution operates as a yield-focused, low-risk E&P player in the domestic energy sector.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)

Year20222023202420252026CAGRTTM2027E2028EFwd CAGR
Revenue108.9M128.5M85.9M85.8M86.3M-5.6%86.3M89.6M87.1M0.4%
EPS0.971.050.120.03-0.08-68.6%-0.080.050.1049.4%
Shares33.5M33.2M33.3M34.3M35.9M+7.4%40.2M———
Debt21.3M0.2M39.7M37.6M56.9M27.9%56.9M———
Equity75.5M92.1M81.1M71.8M60.4M-5.4%————
Op CF52.5M51.3M22.7M33.1M23.5M-18.2%23.5M———
Inv CF-54.9M-7.0M-49.6M-21.6M-27.2M—————
Fin CF5.4M-41.5M22.3M-15.3M7.3M—————
PRICE (1Y) · USD+0.9%
3.53.63.73.94.028 Sep19 Oct6 Nov
SMA 50SMA 200

Price checkNo clear trendExperimental

No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.

SwingsBumpy

Swung more than 50% of stocks we rank over the past year (volatility 42% a year).

How this is worked out

StockRank weighs the business, its price and its trend. The price check reads only the chart: the price side of the Momentum score, in words.

The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.

In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn (the Turning up rule above) cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.

What it measures: how much the price moved day to day over the past year, scaled to a yearly figure (annualised volatility) and ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.

What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.

Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.

Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.

Close
$3.48
RSI (14)
35.2
52-Week Range-25.9% from high
Low $2.92High $4.70

SCORE BREAKDOWN

Quality
41
ROIC
0.5%24.8
ROE
-3.7%22.3
GP/Assets
21.3%62.9
Op. Margin
25.1%67.9
FCF/Assets
9.6%79.8
Piotroski
311.3
Int. Cover
0.2x20.6
D/E Ratio
0.94x22.1
Current Ratio
0.92x23.2
Value
47
P/E (TTM)
—N/A
EV/EBITDA
8.6x39.9
P/FCF
9.7x64.2
P/B
2.2x34.3
P/S
1.8x45.4
Div Yield
12.6%96.3
Momentum
57
52W High %
74%52.0
RS 6M
-21%28.1
SMA 50/200
0.94x29.2
EPS Rev 4W
+33.3%94.6
EPS Rev 12W
+233.3%99.6
EPS Improve
+225%85.0
Q Growth
35%45.8

FUNDAMENTALS

Market Cap
$158M
P/E (Forward)
38.0x
Gross Margin
41.7%

SECTOR PEERS

Closest peers in Energy, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of EPM are excluded.

TickerCompanyMkt CapStockRankSignal
EPMEvolution Petroleum Corporation(you)$158M50Hold
AMPYAmplify Energy Corp.$190M54Hold
EPSNEpsilon Energy Ltd.$193M42Hold
PEDPEDEVCO Corp.$198M62Hold
ANNAAleAnna, Inc.$103M58Hold
PROPPrairie Operating Co.$63M49Hold
FTWPresidio Production Company$322M40Hold
KGEIKolibri Global Energy Inc.$262M68Buy
NRTNorth European Oil Royalty Trust$80M66Buy
INRInfinity Natural Resources, Inc.$267M70Buy

Peer medians: ROE 9.8% · P/E 17.1x · Gross margin 44.4%

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Evolution Petroleum Corporation (EPM): Stock Score Summary

Evolution Petroleum Corporation (EPM) has a MoatMap StockRank of 50/100 based on Quality (41/100), Value (47/100), and Momentum (57/100) factor scores. The current signal is Hold.

Evolution Petroleum Corporation is an independent energy company focused on acquiring and owning oil and natural gas properties, with a strategy of partnering with established operators to manage production. The company's competitive advantage is its low-overhead, non-operated business model, which minimizes capital expenditure while securing steady dividend-paying cash flows from mature assets. Evolution operates as a yield-focused, low-risk E&P player in the domestic energy sector.

Key Financial Metrics

Price$3.48
Market Cap$158M
P/E (Forward)38.00
Price/Book2.22
Return on Equity-3.7%
Return on Invested Capital0.5%
Debt/Equity0.94x
Gross Margin41.7%
Operating Margin25.1%
Revenue Growth14.7%
Dividend Yield12.6%
Free Cash Flow$16M

Evolution Petroleum Corporation operates in the Oil & Gas E&P industry, part of the Energy sector (United States).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Evolution Petroleum Corporation’s (EPM) StockRank?
MoatMap’s StockRank for Evolution Petroleum Corporation (EPM) is 50/100, with a Hold signal. It is a composite of Quality (41), Value (47), and Momentum (57), each scored against its sector. The composite is then ranked across MoatMap’s universe of 25,000+ stocks.
Does Evolution Petroleum Corporation have an economic moat?
Evolution Petroleum Corporation (EPM) has a Quality factor score of 41/100. Quality blends several measures of profitability and financial strength, led by gross profit to assets, return on invested capital and free cash flow to assets. A high score describes the financial record a durable advantage tends to leave; it does not prove a moat.
Is Evolution Petroleum Corporation a buy, hold, or sell?
MoatMap’s current signal for Evolution Petroleum Corporation (EPM) is Hold, based on a StockRank of 50/100. It is the band the score falls in, worked out from the score alone: a description, not a recommendation.
What sector is Evolution Petroleum Corporation in?
Evolution Petroleum Corporation (EPM) operates in the Energy sector, specifically the Oil & Gas E&P industry (United States).