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Epsilon Energy Ltd. EPSN

$5.74 -2.21% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $173.6M

High qualityLow risk

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.21, down 188.8% year over year.
  2. Operating margin widened to 35.8% from 20.1% a year earlier.
  3. The diluted share count rose 37.0% in a year.

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.

Growth46Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 9%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 23%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 26%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 34%
Quality99Exceptional

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

  • Return on invested capitalTop 29%
  • Gross marginTop 23%
  • Operating marginTop 20%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 21%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 3%
  • Interest coverTop 20%
Value27Very weak

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

  • Earnings yieldBottom 21%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 42%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 22%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 47%
Momentum58Neutral

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 42%
  • 6-month returnBottom 45%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 44%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 33%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Revisions96Exceptional

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 31%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 26%
Stability90Exceptional

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 49%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 49%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 6%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 3%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)53.7%53.7%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-284.0%-188.8%↑
Gross margin46.1%53.3%↑
Operating margin20.1%35.8%↑
FCF margin15.0%17.1%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)53.7%53.7%↑Top 10%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-188.8%-284.0%↑Bottom 9%
Gross margin53.3%46.1%↑Top 23%
Operating margin35.8%20.1%↑Top 20%
Net margin-5.2%11.8%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin17.1%15.0%↑—
Return on invested capital10.6%—Top 29%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-9.7%—Bottom 26%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-12.3%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
2.2%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+164.2 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-1.10×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
10.0×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
4.01%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-29.15%
Shareholder yield
-25.15%
Share count change, 1 year
+37.0%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+10.1%

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 12, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
2
Beats in the last 8 reports
3 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.2%
Positive 20 days after report
3 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$8.40
Target vs current price
+46.3%

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 12, 2026—+0.5%-3.9%+5.4%—
May 13, 2026—-0.6%+4.8%-4.2%-7.8%
Mar 24, 2026+425.0%+3.3%+6.0%+0.0%-10.2%
Nov 5, 2025+200.0%+0.2%+4.8%+5.2%-0.2%
Aug 13, 2025-12.5%+1.7%-11.2%-12.6%-24.5%
May 14, 2025+28.6%+0.4%+5.3%+17.7%-9.0%
Mar 19, 2025-20.0%+0.6%-2.1%-15.1%+11.4%
Nov 6, 2024-50.0%+3.3%-2.3%-2.8%+8.3%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 12, 2026$0.23——$18.3M
May 13, 2026$0.03——$25.6M
Mar 24, 2026$0.21$0.04+425.0%$14.8M
Nov 5, 2025$0.09$0.03+200.0%$9.0M
Aug 13, 2025$0.07$0.08-12.5%$11.6M
May 14, 2025$0.18$0.14+28.6%$16.2M
Mar 19, 2025$0.04$0.05-20.0%$8.9M
Nov 6, 2024$0.02$0.04-50.0%$7.3M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
EV / EBITDA16.7×——Bottom 22%
EV / Sales2.41×——Bottom 47%
Free-cash-flow yield6.68%——Top 42%
Earnings yield-3.59%——Bottom 21%

P/E over the past five years

Range 3.6× – 83.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+17.6%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-188.8%
Change in P/E multiple
-26.3%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

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
35
50-day average slope (20 days)
+4.1%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+2.2%
Distance from 50-day average
-2.2%
Distance from 200-day average
+3.2%
RSI (14)
42.1
Relative volume
1.56×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
40.0%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
64th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.00
Correlation with S&P 500
0.00
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-11.6%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-49.3%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jun 18, 2025Jan 9, 2026-49.3%141 daysNot yet recovered
May 4, 2022Jan 22, 2024-39.5%430 days346 days (Jun 9, 2025)
Sep 30, 2021Nov 23, 2021-21.1%38 days84 days (Mar 25, 2022)
Jan 15, 2021Jan 29, 2021-14.2%9 days11 days (Feb 16, 2021)
Feb 16, 2021Apr 1, 2021-13.6%32 days50 days (Jun 14, 2021)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$173.6M
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$0.21
Revenue (TTM)
$67.7M
Dividend yield
4.36%
52-week range
$4.20 – $6.65
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$42.4M$70.0M$30.7M$31.5M$51.6M
Gross profit$27.2M$54.1M$14.2M$11.8M$24.5M
Operating income$20.6M$47.0M$5.4M$3.4M$15.6M
Net income$11.6M$35.4M$6.9M$1.9M-$5.8M
EPS (diluted)$0.49$1.51$0.31$0.09-$0.21
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$7.3M$8.9M$16.2M$11.6M$9.0M$14.8M$25.6M$18.3M
Net income$366,021-$760,777$4.0M$1.6M$1.1M-$12.4M$729,425$7.1M
EPS (diluted)$0.02-$0.03$0.18$0.07$0.05-$0.51$0.02$0.23
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$20.0M$38.0M$18.2M$16.8M$20.6M
Capital expenditure-$4.9M-$8.1M-$18.6M-$36.6M-$15.4M
Free cash flow$15.1M$29.9M-$457,776-$19.7M$5.2M
Dividends paid$0-$5.9M-$5.6M-$5.5M-$6.0M
Net share buybacks-$2.4M-$6.2M-$6.1M-$1.8M$50.5M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$11.2M
Total assets
$236.4M
Total liabilities
$106.5M
Total debt
$474,078
Net debt
-$10.7M
Shareholders’ equity
$129.9M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 15, 2026$0.06Sep 30, 2026
Jun 15, 2026$0.06Jun 30, 2026
Mar 13, 2026$0.06Mar 31, 2026
Dec 15, 2025$0.06Dec 31, 2025
Sep 15, 2025$0.06Sep 30, 2025
Jun 13, 2025$0.06Jun 30, 2025
Mar 13, 2025$0.06Mar 31, 2025
Dec 16, 2024$0.06Dec 31, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
1,912,820
Days to cover
14.32
Change vs previous report
+28.9%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Dec 27, 2018
1-for-2
Mar 24, 2017
257-for-250