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Empire Petroleum Corporation EP

$2.61 +6.97% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $103.9M

Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk

Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The diluted share count rose 21.9% in a year.
  2. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
  3. Over the past year the stock returned -40.5%, behind the S&P 500 by 55.6 percentage points.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth22Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 20%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 23%
Quality14Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 3%
  • Gross marginBottom 32%
  • Operating marginBottom 6%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 1%
  • Interest coverBottom 6%
Value4Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 2%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 18%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 1%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 32%
Momentum20Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 8%
  • 6-month returnBottom 42%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 8%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 18%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Revisions—Not enough data

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

Stability9Very weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 10%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 8%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 30%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-23.1%-9.0%↑
Gross margin25.0%22.6%↓
Operating margin-41.8%-40.0%↑
FCF margin-53.9%-16.5%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-9.0%-23.1%↑Bottom 15%
Gross margin22.6%25.0%↓Bottom 32%
Operating margin-40.0%-41.8%↑Bottom 6%
Net margin-202.2%-44.2%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin-16.5%-53.9%↑—
Return on invested capital-25.6%—Bottom 3%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-13.7%—Bottom 20%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-80.4%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
2.3%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-25.6 pp
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
-8.2×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-12.60%
Shareholder yield
-12.60%
Share count change, 1 year
+21.9%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+23.1%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-1.0%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 17, 2026—-0.7%+17.6%-10.1%—
May 15, 2026—-6.5%-4.7%+4.3%-5.0%
Mar 16, 2026—-1.3%+5.8%-6.1%-7.8%
Nov 17, 2025—+2.8%+14.0%+15.0%+1.0%
Aug 13, 2025—+2.7%-4.3%-15.5%-34.3%
May 14, 2025—-1.3%+2.0%+34.4%+13.6%
Mar 27, 2025—+2.8%-4.6%-19.2%-6.7%
Nov 14, 2024—-6.9%-14.7%+6.7%-11.5%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 17, 2026-$0.06——$11.1M
May 15, 2026-$0.10——$7.7M
Mar 16, 2026-$0.24——$7.1M
Nov 17, 2025-$0.12——$9.4M
Aug 13, 2025-$0.15——$8.8M
May 14, 2025-$0.13——$9.0M
Mar 27, 2025-$0.13——$10.1M
Nov 14, 2024-$0.12——$10.9M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
EV / Sales3.31×——Bottom 32%
Free-cash-flow yield-5.61%——Bottom 18%
Earnings yield-79.12%——Bottom 2%

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✓ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✓ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-3.4%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-2.5%
Distance from 50-day average
-2.4%
Distance from 200-day average
-8.2%
RSI (14)
54.3
Relative volume
1.29×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
70.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
42th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.83
Correlation with S&P 500
0.19
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-40.1%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-80.9%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
May 4, 2022Sep 28, 2026-91.5%1103 daysNot yet recovered
Nov 17, 2021Dec 27, 2021-34.7%25 days48 days (Mar 8, 2022)
May 20, 2021Sep 1, 2021-34.1%66 days22 days (Oct 5, 2021)
Sep 9, 2020Dec 29, 2020-29.8%48 days4 days (Jan 7, 2021)
Mar 5, 2021Mar 9, 2021-23.1%2 days3 days (Mar 15, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$103.9M
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$2.07
Revenue (TTM)
$35.3M
52-week range
$2.08 – $4.58
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$27.7M$53.3M$40.1M$44.0M$34.2M
Gross profit$9.8M$23.8M$5.4M$3.5M-$6.6M
Operating income-$473,370$8.8M-$11.6M-$13.7M-$20.0M
Net income-$18.6M$7.1M-$12.5M-$16.2M-$72.1M
EPS (diluted)-$5.09$0.30-$0.55-$0.54-$2.12
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$10.9M$10.1M$9.0M$8.8M$9.4M$7.1M$7.7M$11.1M
Net income-$3.6M-$4.2M-$4.2M-$5.1M-$3.8M-$59.0M-$6.6M-$1.9M
EPS (diluted)-$0.12-$0.13-$0.12-$0.15-$0.11-$1.73-$0.18-$0.05
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$3.2M$18.1M-$9.9M$6.2M-$3.9M
Capital expenditure-$19.8M-$13.2M-$17.0M-$53.9M-$54,000
Free cash flow-$16.6M$4.9M-$26.9M-$47.7M-$4.0M
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks$11.3M$3.4M$12.5M$30.5M$3.1M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$3.1M
Total assets
$81.1M
Total liabilities
$73.8M
Total debt
$16.0M
Net debt
$12.9M
Shareholders’ equity
$7.3M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Mar 1, 2012$0.00Apr 2, 2012
Nov 30, 2011$0.00Jan 3, 2012
Aug 31, 2011$0.00Oct 3, 2011
Jun 1, 2011$0.00Jul 1, 2011
Mar 2, 2011$0.00Apr 1, 2011
Dec 1, 2010$0.00Jan 3, 2011
Sep 1, 2010$0.00Oct 1, 2010
Jun 2, 2010$0.00Jul 1, 2010

Short interest

Shares sold short
262,003
Days to cover
5.62
Change vs previous report
+6.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Mar 8, 2022
1-for-4
Aug 12, 2013
1-for-12