Empire Petroleum Corporation

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange American

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Weak

Valuation

Data not available

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Empire Petroleum Corporation is a small oil and gas company that finds and produces crude oil and natural gas from underground reservoirs. It focuses on acquiring and developing existing oil and gas properties in the United States, selling the raw energy it extracts to refiners, pipelines, and energy traders. The company operates in the exploration and production segment of the energy industry, meaning it takes on the risk of drilling and pulling resources out of the ground.

Empire makes money by selling the oil and natural gas it produces, so its revenue rises and falls with commodity prices. It is a micro-cap company with operations concentrated in the U.S., and it currently spends significantly more than it earns, as shown by its deeply negative operating margin. The biggest risk the company faces is its reliance on volatile oil and gas prices combined with the need to raise additional capital to fund drilling activity and reach sustainable profitability.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

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Revenue Growth

+8.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+70.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

32.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 months

$3M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Empire Petroleum Corporation has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

90.1%

Premium pricing power — 90.1% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

0.7%

Thin — 0.7% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-60.3%

Weak — -60.3% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

-13.2%

Shrinking sales (-13.2% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

—

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

—

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-29.7%

Burning cash (-29.7%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

2.19

Heavy debt load (2.19)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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