Imperial Petroleum

IMPPP

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

Price

$26.06

+0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

$184.9M

Exchange

NASDAQ Capital Market

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+11280.6% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 318K (2021) → 36.2M (2025)

Imperial Petroleum Inc. is a shipping company based in Greece that transports oil and petroleum products around the world. It owns and operates a fleet of tanker ships, including product tankers and crude oil tankers, which carry fuel and other energy products for oil companies, refiners, and commodity traders. The company is a smaller player in the global tanker shipping industry.

Imperial Petroleum earns money by charging customers daily rates, called charter rates, to rent its ships for cargo transport. These rates fluctuate based on global supply and demand for shipping capacity, making revenue unpredictable from year to year. The company operates internationally, with voyages across major shipping routes in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Its main competitive advantage is keeping operating costs low relative to its fleet size, but its biggest risk is the cyclical nature of tanker rates — when rates fall sharply, profit margins can shrink quickly.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+92.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+87.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

65.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$225M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Imperial Petroleum grew revenue 92% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Gross Margin

45.9%

Healthy — 45.9% gross margin

Operating Margin

42.9%

Excellent — 42.9% operating margin

ROCE

4.7%

Weak — 4.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+37.8%

Fast-growing sales (37.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

+16.7%

Earnings growing fast (16.7% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

146%

Turns 146% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

50.2%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (50.2%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

30.41x

Comfortably covers interest (30.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

15.5x

Fair value — P/E 15.5

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+4.8

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (15.5 → 10.7)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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