Empire Petroleum (EP) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2025)
Empire Petroleum's (EP) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $66.0 million in Q4 2025, up 370.75% year-on-year from $14.0 million in Q4 2024, and up 409.9% quarter-over-quarter from $12.9 million in Q3 2025.
Empire Petroleum (EP) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Empire Petroleum has disclosed Operating Expenses across 16 years of filings, most recently posting $66.0 million for Q4 2025.
- Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 came in at $66.0 million, up 370.75% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $105.5 million (up 84.1% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $105.5 million, up 84.1% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses came in at $66.0 million for Q4 2025 at Empire Petroleum, up from $12.9 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $66.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $3.0 million in Q1 2021.
- The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $12.8 million (2022), against an average of $14.3 million.
- Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses plunged 35.08% in 2021 and soared 370.75% in 2025, its largest moves.
- Empire Petroleum's Operating Expenses stood at $10.0 million in 2021, then climbed by 29.14% to $12.9 million in 2022, then climbed by 20.79% to $15.6 million in 2023, then retreated by 10.37% to $14.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 370.75% to $66.0 million in 2025.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $66.0 million (Q4 2025), $12.9 million (Q3 2025), and $13.7 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodside Energy | 630.08 Bn | 624.14 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Canadian Natural Resources | 388.31 Bn | 388.31 Bn | 6.72 Bn | 1.04 Bn |
| 3 | Conocophillips | 142.98 Bn | 136.61 Bn | 9.48 Bn | 2.28 Bn |
| 4 | Eog Resources | 72.93 Bn | 69.08 Bn | - | 4.32 Bn |
| 5 | Occidental Petroleum | 55.91 Bn | 52.73 Bn | 4.87 Bn | 1.12 Bn |
| 6 | Diamondback Energy | 54.95 Bn | 61.11 Bn | 4.22 Bn | 4.12 Bn |
| 7 | Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V | 35.18 Bn | 34.56 Bn | 472.36 Mn | -52.32 Mn |
| 8 | Eqt | 32.94 Bn | 36.28 Bn | 2.98 Bn | 54.87 Mn |
| 9 | Vermilion Energy | 31.24 Bn | 31.05 Bn | 370.10 Mn | 103.33 Mn |
| 10 | Empire Petroleum | 95.36 Mn | 94.17 Mn | 689,000.00 | 65.97 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 65.97 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.94 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.66 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 12.96 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.80 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.72 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.78 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.63 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.78 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 12.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 12.27 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.94 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.60 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.87 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.69 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.02 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.80 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 6.79 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 2.96 Mn |