Tourmaline Oil (TRMLF) versus The Competition Financial Analysis

Tourmaline Oil (OTCMKTS:TRMLF) is one of 1,051 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Tourmaline Oil to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Tourmaline Oil and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tourmaline Oil	$4.72 billion	$187.99 million	60.47
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	$14.64 billion	$5.52 billion	1.46

Tourmaline Oil’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Tourmaline Oil. Tourmaline Oil 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.

Volatility and Risk

Tourmaline Oil has a beta of -0.21, meaning that its stock price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tourmaline Oil’s competitors have a beta of -4.03, meaning that their average stock price is 503% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Tourmaline Oil and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tourmaline Oil	1	5	3	1	2.40
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	5879	26672	40323	2336	2.52

Tourmaline Oil currently has a consensus price target of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.29%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 21.78%. Given Tourmaline Oil’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.8% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Tourmaline Oil and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tourmaline Oil	6.05%	9.05%	6.25%
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	-495.48%	20.43%	6.22%

Dividends

Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 209.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.1% and pay out -113.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Tourmaline Oil lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

Tourmaline Oil competitors beat Tourmaline Oil on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Tourmaline Oil Company Profile

Tourmaline Oil Corp. explores for and develops oil and natural gas properties in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The company holds interests in properties located in the Alberta Deep Basin, Northeast British Columbia Montney, and the Peace River High Triassic oil complex. Tourmaline Oil Corp. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.