How Diversified Energy Company stacks up

DEC · against 196 other Energy companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

79/ 100

Near the top of its peers.

Ranked #45 of 197 · scores higher than 78% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

21 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including DEC · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 79?

Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.

Mainly thanks to its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Energy peers.

a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 64% of peers. Return on invested capital: 13.3% vs peer median 9.3%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 75% of peers. Return on assets: 7.4% vs peer median 4.4%
a wider operating margin: stronger than 85% of peers. Operating margin: 32.3% vs peer median 11.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = DEC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	DEC	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 190 reported	13.3%	9.2%	67%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 193 reported	32.3%	13.4%	79%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 194 reported	7.4%	4.4%	71%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 190 reported	53.7%	11.8%	95%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 197 reported	57.1%	41.2%	67%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around DEC

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Texas Pacific Land CorporationTPL · US-listed	22.9B USD	100	72
2	Natural Resource Partners L.P.NRP · US-listed	1.6B USD	99	61
2	Permian Basin Royalty TrustPBT · US-listed	1.3B USD	99	59
2	Sabine Royalty TrustSBR · US-listed	1.0B USD	99	72
5	Black Stone Minerals, L.P.BSM · US-listed	3.2B USD	98	66
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39	Scorpio Tankers Inc.STNG · US-listed	4.4B USD	81	65
39	Suncor Energy Inc.SU · US-listed	89.1B USD	81	59
43	EQT CorporationEQT · US-listed	33.9B USD	80	71
43	Expand Energy CorporationEXE · US-listed	20.8B USD	80	83
45	Diversified Energy CompanyDEC · US-listed	942M USD	79	69
46	DT Midstream, Inc.DTM · US-listed	12.5B USD	78	54
46	Marathon Petroleum CorporationMPC · US-listed	120.0B USD	78	62
46	Navigator Holdings Ltd.NVGS · US-listed	1.2B USD	78	73
49	Cenovus Energy Inc.CVE · US-listed	56.7B USD	77	57

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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