Head-To-Head Review: Tamboran Resources (NYSE:TBN) & Evolution Petroleum (NYSE:EPM)

Tamboran Resources (NYSE:TBN) and Evolution Petroleum (NYSE:EPM) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Tamboran Resources and Evolution Petroleum, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tamboran Resources	0	1	4	0	2.80
Evolution Petroleum	0	0	1	1	3.50

Tamboran Resources presently has a consensus price target of $36.60, suggesting a potential upside of 41.61%. Evolution Petroleum has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.81%. Given Tamboran Resources’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Tamboran Resources is more favorable than Evolution Petroleum.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Tamboran Resources and Evolution Petroleum”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tamboran Resources	N/A	N/A	-$21.92 million	N/A	N/A
Evolution Petroleum	$85.88 million	2.05	$4.08 million	$0.14	37.50

Evolution Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Tamboran Resources.

Profitability

This table compares Tamboran Resources and Evolution Petroleum’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tamboran Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
Evolution Petroleum	5.36%	4.65%	2.52%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Tamboran Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Evolution Petroleum beats Tamboran Resources on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tamboran Resources

Tamboran Resources Corporation, a natural gas company, focuses on developing unconventional gas resources in the northern territory of Australia. Its assets include a 25% non-operated working interest in EP 161; a 38.75% working interest in EPs 76, 98, and 117; and a 100% working interest in EPs 136 and 143, as well as EP (A) 197, located in the Betaloo Basin. Tamboran Resources Corporation was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

About Evolution Petroleum

Evolution Petroleum Corporation, an energy company, engages in the development, production, ownership, and exploitation of onshore oil and gas properties in the United States. The company holds a non-operated interests in the SCOOP and STACK plays located in Central Oklahoma; the Chaveroo Field situated in Chaves and Roosevelt Counties, New Mexico; the Jonah Field located in Sublette County, Wyoming; the Williston Basin situated in Williston, North Dakota; the Barnett Shale field located in North Texas; the Hamilton Dome situated in Hot Springs County, Wyoming; and the Delhi Field, an onshore CO2-EOR project located in northeast Louisiana in Franklin, Madison, and Richland Parishes, as well as small overriding royalty interests in four onshore central Texas wells. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Houston, Texas.