Contrasting Tourmaline Oil (TRMLF) and Its Competitors

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 rivals? We will compare Tourmaline Oil to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Dividends

Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 201.4% 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 12.8% and pay out -114.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Tourmaline Oil lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.8% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Tourmaline Oil and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tourmaline Oil	$4.72 billion	$187.99 million	63.77
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	$10.61 billion	$5.51 billion	1.84

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Tourmaline Oil and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tourmaline Oil	0	6	4	1	2.55
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	5824	26455	39981	2270	2.52

Tourmaline Oil currently has a consensus price target of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.58%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 30.62%. Given Tourmaline Oil’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Tourmaline Oil and its rivals’ 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	-471.13%	6.85%	6.01%

Risk and Volatility

Tourmaline Oil has a beta of -0.25, indicating that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tourmaline Oil’s rivals have a beta of -3.72, indicating that their average stock price is 472% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tourmaline Oil beats its rivals on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Tourmaline Oil

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.