Epsilon Energy Ltd. EPSN

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
27/100
Developing

About Epsilon Energy Ltd.

Epsilon Energy Ltd., a North American onshore independent natural gas and oil company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, gathering, and production of natural oil and gas reserves. The company operates through Upstream and Gathering System segments. It has natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania; and oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas production in the Permian … Full EPSN analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.71), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 15.4th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Below-Peer Operating Efficiency Operating margin at 9.8th percentile indicates below-peer efficiency.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power

Weak
15

Where EPSN ranks in Oil & Gas E&P

Epsilon Energy Ltd. ranks #73 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score — the top 78%. The widest moat in the group is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) at 84/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near EPSN in Oil & Gas E&P
# Company Moat score Rating
69 VAALCO Energy, Inc. EGY 30/100 Developing
70 TXO Partners, L.P. TXO 29/100 Developing
71 Ring Energy, Inc. REI 29/100 Developing
72 Battalion Oil Corporation BATL 28/100 Developing
73 Epsilon Energy Ltd. EPSN 27/100 Developing
74 Evolution Petroleum Corporation EPM 26/100 Developing
75 W&T Offshore, Inc. WTI 24/100 Weak
76 Barnwell Industries, Inc. BRN 23/100 Weak
77 Tamboran Resources Corporation TBN 23/100 Weak

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How EPSN scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 15 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 20 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 45 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 25 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 34 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 24 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding EPSN's moat

What is Epsilon Energy Ltd.'s moat score?

Epsilon Energy Ltd. (EPSN) scores 27 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #73 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P, the top 78%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (45/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (15/100).

How does Epsilon Energy Ltd. compare with other Oil & Gas E&P companies?

Epsilon Energy Ltd. ranks #73 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas E&P is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are Battalion Oil Corporation (BATL) at 28 just above it and Evolution Petroleum Corporation (EPM) at 26 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Epsilon Energy Ltd. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Epsilon Energy Ltd.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and EPSN scores: Pricing Power (15), Cost Advantage (20), Customer Stickiness (45), Capital Efficiency (25), Resilience (34), Scale & Market Position (24). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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