Head-To-Head Analysis: Tourmaline Oil (TRMLF) versus Its Peers

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Tourmaline Oil and its competitors, 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	5849	26540	40102	2293	2.52

Tourmaline Oil presently has a consensus price target of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.12%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 18.57%. Given Tourmaline Oil’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than its competitors.

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 8.8% and pay out -112.5% 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.

Risk & Volatility

Tourmaline Oil has a beta of -0.24, indicating that its stock price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tourmaline Oil’s competitors have a beta of -3.81, indicating that their average stock price is 481% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.8% of Tourmaline Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company 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	-470.73%	6.99%	6.05%

Earnings & 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	62.64
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	$10.63 billion	$5.52 billion	2.31

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.

Summary

Tourmaline Oil beats its competitors on 8 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.