All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2022-08-23.
From the record
Empire Petroleum Corporation's filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2022-08-23); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2021-08-17) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
9 filed years; profitable in 1 of 9.
From the record
Empire Petroleum Corporation's 9 filed years say what it did: it rose in 5 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 35% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 1 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 2.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Empire Petroleum Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 2.8 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 28% of 78 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
Leverage 107%: owes 107¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Empire Petroleum Corporation's shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 107 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 13.3% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 15% of 76 in its family; net margin -210.7%.
From the record
Empire Petroleum Corporation's standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $34 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 17% by size; a net margin of -210.7% ranks in the bottom 6%; revenue growth of -13.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 22% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 34% of 51 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.
From the record
Empire Petroleum Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Morrisett, Michael R. (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-04-24, 2.6 years (bottom 49% of its family); the 7 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.7 years (bottom 32%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 7 people in charge now (bottom 21%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 45% of 74 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Empire Petroleum Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 1.8% of its assets as net cash, top 24% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -11.5% of revenue (bottom 15%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
SI estimate 1.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Empire Petroleum Corporation's growth drivers is put at 1.3 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the newest year's revenue growth, which ranks in the bottom 13% of 73 in its family; the record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 9% of 69 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Empire Petroleum Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $34 million in fiscal 2025 came in 13.8% below the $40 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 22% of its family); net income of $72 million against a prior three-year average of $7 million (bottom 3%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against -18.3% before (bottom 2%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made