Financial Review: Inpex (IPXHY) & Its Competitors

Inpex (OTCMKTS:IPXHY) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Inpex to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of Inpex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Inpex and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inpex	0	3	0	0	2.00
Inpex Competitors	5812	26416	39935	2264	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 30.98%. Given Inpex’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Inpex has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Inpex pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Inpex pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 12.8% and pay out -114.2% 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.

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	21.93%	8.62%	5.59%
Inpex Competitors	-470.30%	9.90%	5.94%

Volatility & Risk

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inpex	$13.45 billion	$2.52 billion	10.43
Inpex Competitors	$14.48 billion	$5.51 billion	0.36

Inpex’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Inpex. 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.

Summary

Inpex peers beat Inpex on 12 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.