Financial Survey: Inpex (IPXHY) & Its Competitors

Inpex (OTCMKTS:IPXHY) is one of 1,052 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Inpex to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Dividends

Inpex pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Inpex pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 13.2% and pay out -113.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Inpex lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Risk and Volatility

Inpex has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inpex’s peers have a beta of -3.72, suggesting that their average stock price is 472% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Inpex and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inpex	$13.45 billion	$2.52 billion	10.95
Inpex Competitors	$10.67 billion	$5.51 billion	1.88

Inpex has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. Inpex is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Inpex and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inpex	19.02%	7.66%	5.04%
Inpex Competitors	-491.12%	2.60%	5.61%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Inpex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Inpex and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inpex	0	3	0	0	2.00
Inpex Competitors	5776	26305	39805	2250	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 35.12%. Given Inpex’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Inpex has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Inpex peers beat Inpex on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Inpex

Inpex Corporation engages in the research, exploration, development, production, and sale of oil, natural gas, and other mineral resources in Japan, rest of Asia and Oceania, Europe and NIS countries, the Middle East and Africa, and the Americas. The company is involved in the investment and lending to the companies engaged in mineral resources business, etc. It also transports natural gas, as well as operates, manages, and maintains gas pipelines. In addition, the company engages in storage of carbon capture related business. Further, it is involved in hydrogen and ammonia, renewable energy, forest conservation, and carbon recycling related businesses. Inpex Corporation was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.