Empire Petroleum Corporation (EP) is a Oil & Gas Exploration & Production company in the Energy sector, currently trading at $2.84. It has a SharesGrow Score of 9/100, indicating a weak investment profile with 0 out of 7 criteria passed.
Valuation: EP trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -1.4 (S&P 500 average ~25).
Financials: revenue is $34M, -12.4%/yr average growth. Net income is $72M (loss), growing at -217%/yr. Net profit margin is -210.7% (negative). Gross margin is -19.3% (-64 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $15M with negative equity of -$5M — this means total liabilities exceed total assets. This is a warning sign that may indicate accumulated losses, aggressive share buybacks, heavy debt financing, or aggressive dividend payouts. Companies like McDonald's and Starbucks also carry negative equity due to buybacks and dividends, but investors should assess whether the business generates sufficient cash flow to service its debt and sustain payouts. Current ratio is 0.34 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 23.3%. Total assets: $66M.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value ?/100 (Fail), Growth 15/100 (Fail), Past 25/100 (Fail), Health 0/100 (Fail), Moat 0/100 (Fail), Future ?/100 (Fail), Income 10/100 (Fail).
