Reviewing China Petroleum & Chemical (SNPMF) and Its Rivals

China Petroleum & Chemical (OTCMKTS:SNPMF) is one of 1,052 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare China Petroleum & Chemical to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Profitability

This table compares China Petroleum & Chemical and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Petroleum & Chemical	N/A	N/A	N/A
China Petroleum & Chemical Competitors	-490.86%	3.87%	5.65%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares China Petroleum & Chemical and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Petroleum & Chemical	N/A	N/A	0.95
China Petroleum & Chemical Competitors	$14.37 billion	$5.51 billion	1.72

China Petroleum & Chemical’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than China Petroleum & Chemical. China Petroleum & Chemical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for China Petroleum & Chemical and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Petroleum & Chemical	1	0	0	0	1.00
China Petroleum & Chemical Competitors	5777	26309	39812	2252	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 34.59%. Given China Petroleum & Chemical’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe China Petroleum & Chemical has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

6.4% of China Petroleum & Chemical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

China Petroleum & Chemical competitors beat China Petroleum & Chemical on 10 of the 11 factors compared.

China Petroleum & Chemical Company Profile

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, an energy and chemical company, engages in the oil and gas and chemical operations in Mainland China, Singapore, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Exploration and Production, Refining, Marketing and Distribution, Chemicals, and Corporate and Others. The company explores and develops oil fields; produces natural gas; produces, processes, purifies, imports, and trades in crude oil; manufactures, sells, and trades in petroleum products; owns and operates oil depots and service stations; and produces, distributes, and sells refined petroleum products, including gasoline and diesel. It also manufactures, sells, markets, and distributes petrochemicals and derivative petrochemical products, and other chemical products, such as basic organic chemicals, synthetic resins, synthetic fiber monomers and polymers, synthetic fibers, synthetic rubber, and chemical fertilizers, as well as ethylene. In addition, the company explores, produces, and sells petroleum and natural gas; produces, stores, transports, and sells petrochemical and coal chemical products; produces and sells catalyst products, lubricant base oil, polyester chips and fibers, plastics, and petrochemical materials; and offers crude oil pipeline transportation services. Further, it engages in import and export of petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products, petrochemical and chemical products, and other commodities and technologies; research, development, and application of technologies and information; hydrogen energy business and related services, such as hydrogen production, storage, transportation, and sales; and battery charging and swapping, solar energy, wind energy and other new energy business and related services. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Beijing, China. China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation is a subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corporation.