Critical Survey: Tamboran Resources (TBN) and Its Rivals

Tamboran Resources (NYSE:TBN) is one of 21 public companies in the “OIL – INTL INTGD” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Tamboran Resources to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Tamboran Resources has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tamboran Resources’ competitors have a beta of 0.71, suggesting that their average stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

36.0% of shares of all “OIL – INTL INTGD” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Tamboran Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of shares of all “OIL – INTL INTGD” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Tamboran Resources and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tamboran Resources	N/A	-$36.90 million	-10.73
Tamboran Resources Competitors	$7,753.91 billion	$5.78 billion	-15.08

Tamboran Resources’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Tamboran Resources. Tamboran Resources is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Tamboran Resources and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tamboran Resources	N/A	-7.31%	-6.28%
Tamboran Resources Competitors	2.85%	8.69%	3.97%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Tamboran Resources and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tamboran Resources	1	1	3	1	2.67
Tamboran Resources Competitors	480	1778	1999	121	2.40

Tamboran Resources presently has a consensus target price of $34.75, suggesting a potential upside of 28.56%. As a group, “OIL – INTL INTGD” companies have a potential upside of 23.28%. Given Tamboran Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tamboran Resources is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Tamboran Resources competitors beat Tamboran Resources on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Tamboran Resources

Tamboran Resources Corporation, a natural gas company, focuses on developing unconventional gas resources in the northern territory of Australia. Its assets include a 25% non-operated working interest in EP 161; a 38.75% working interest in EPs 76, 98, and 117; and a 100% working interest in EPs 136 and 143, as well as EP (A) 197, located in the Betaloo Basin. Tamboran Resources Corporation was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.