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

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DateValue
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