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EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP

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Signs2 good5 warning3 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$34.2M$44.0M$40.1M$53.2M$27.5M$7.7M
Operating income−$71.3M−$13.7M−$11.6M$8.8M−$473,370−$17.6M
Net income−$72.1M−$16.2M−$12.5M$7.1M−$18.6M−$16.8M
Total assets$65.9M$123.9M$92.6M$71.5M$50.1M$11.2M
Total liabilities$70.5M$61.1M$57.7M$48.3M$40.3M$29.7M
Equity−$4.6M$62.8M$35.0M$23.2M$9.8M−$18.4M
EPS (diluted)$-2.12$-0.54$-0.55$0.30$-1.27
Shares out.33.7M25.6M22.4M19.9M48.5M21.4M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
−208.5%
Net margin
−210.7%
Return on equity
1564.8%
Return on assets
−109.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−171.7%
Liabilities / assets
107.0%
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$-0.14
Revenue growth (YoY)
−22.3%
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
-16.52distress
Accruals / assets
103.4%clean
Piotroski F-Score
2/9weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
31
/ 100
Profitability 20Growth 0Catalyst 67Earnings quality 67Financial strength 0

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

3 severe5 warning2 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20261.4M32.2-8.8%
Apr 30, 20261.5M17.0-3.1%
Apr 15, 20261.6M20.3+0.3%
Mar 31, 20261.6M16.7+4.0%
Mar 13, 20261.5M13.0+4.2%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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