profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Evolution Petroleum
$3.54+1.72% today
-20.4% in 1 year
1-year low $3.221-year high $4.95
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $96.54 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Evolution Petroleum sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $109 million in 2022 to $85.8 million in 2025, with $1.47 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Evolution Petroleum handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$16M
Free cash flow 2025$11M
Bought back its own shares$442,000
Paid as dividends$16M
Cash vs. debt$3M vs. $38M
Evolution Petroleum vs. similar companies
Evolution Petroleum grows the slowest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evolution Petroleum | 96.5× · Very expensive | ||
 EQT | 15.3× · Fair price | ||
 Coterra Energy | 14.4× · Cheap | ||
 Expand Energy | 10.9× · Cheap | ||
 Permian Resources | 19.3× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Evolution Petroleum's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | 129 | 86 | 86 | |
| 53 | 56 | 19 | 16 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 50 | 60 | 27 | 27 | |
| 33 | 35 | 4 | 1 | |
| 0.96 | 1.04 | 0.12 | 0.03 | |
| 48.4% | 43.4% | 22.1% | 18.8% | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 30.0% | 27.4% | 4.8% | 1.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 148 | 128 | 163 | 160 |
| Cash | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| Total debt | 21 | 0 | 40 | 38 |
| Total liabilities | 73 | 36 | 82 | 88 |
| 76 | 92 | 81 | 72 | |
| 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | |
| 34.0% | 39.2% | 4.5% | 3.5% | |
| 43.2% | 38.2% | 5.0% | 2.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 51 | 23 | 33 | |
| 55 | 7 | 50 | 22 | |
| -2 | 44 | -27 | 11 | |
| Dividends paid | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Valuation
- 96.5×
- 37.9×
- –
- 2.4×
- 1.7×
- 12.5×
- 6.6×
- 8.0%
- 1.0%
- 10.0%
Profitability
- 18.8%
- 4.1%
- 1.7%
- 35.8%
- 1.6%
- 9.7%
- 4.5%
- 1.8%
- 2.3%
- –
Growth
- −7.6%
- −68.5%
- +142.4%
- +22.4%
- −0.1%
Financial health
- 1.3×
- 0.01
- 0.2%
- 1.1×
- 0.90
- 0.90
- 0.51
How it ranks in Energy
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 16%of 465
Bottom 22%of 462
Bottom 5%of 383
Bottom 27%of 457
Top 33%of 458
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $5.15
- Range
- $5.00 – $5.30
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | -0.09 | 0.02 | −550.0% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 0.03 | 0.00 | +637.1% |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 0.02 | 0.02 | +21.3% |
| Sep 16, 2025 | 0.03 | 0.02 | +50.0% |
| May 13, 2025 | 0.02 | 0.04 | −50.0% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | -0.03 | -0.01 | −200.0% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | 0.02 | 0.01 | +50.0% |
| Sep 10, 2024 | 0.03 | 0.06 | −50.0% |
10.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$100a year at today's yield, before tax
+22.4%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.20 in 2015 → $0.48 in 2025
How safe it looks
1,109.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 143.3%
News
President Donald Trump Claims Costs Are "All Coming Down Now," but the Evolution of Trumpflation Appears to Be Having the Opposite EffectYahoo Finance · Aug 16, 2026The newest story we have is from Aug 16, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
30No pass
Benjamin Graham
24No pass
Philip Fisher
16No pass
Peter Lynch
19No pass
Joel Greenblatt
1No pass
Charlie Munger
21No pass
Terry Smith
15No pass
Questions about Evolution Petroleum
Is Evolution Petroleum a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Evolution Petroleum AI analysis
What does Evolution Petroleum do?
Evolution Petroleum Corporation, an oil and natural gas company, engages in the development, production, ownership, and management of oil and gas properties in the United States. The company holds interests in a CO2 enhanced oil recovery project in Louisiana's Delhi field. It is in Oil & Gas Exploration & Production.
Does Evolution Petroleum pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 10.0% a year. In 2025 it paid out $16.3 million in dividends.
Is Evolution Petroleum stock halal?
Yes. Evolution Petroleum passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 26% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Evolution Petroleum stock done over the past year?
Down 20.4% over the past twelve months, to $3.54. It traded between $3.22 and $4.95 and is 28.5% below its high.
Who are Evolution Petroleum's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are EQT, Coterra Energy, Expand Energy and Permian Resources. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Evolution Petroleum's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.