Head to Head Survey: Gibson Energy (GBNXF) & Its Peers

Gibson Energy (OTCMKTS:GBNXF) is one of 1,050 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Gibson Energy to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Gibson Energy 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 company 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Gibson Energy and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gibson Energy	1	4	3	1	2.44
Gibson Energy Competitors	5956	26921	40739	2396	2.52

Gibson Energy currently has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.54%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 16.94%. Given Gibson Energy’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gibson Energy is more favorable than its peers.

Dividends

Gibson Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Gibson Energy pays out 183.1% 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 8.4% and pay out -118.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Gibson Energy lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Gibson Energy and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gibson Energy	$7.65 billion	$141.45 million	34.32
Gibson Energy Competitors	$10.84 billion	$5.51 billion	0.95

Gibson Energy’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Gibson Energy. Gibson Energy 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.

Risk and Volatility

Gibson Energy has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gibson Energy’s peers have a beta of -4.03, meaning that their average share price is 503% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gibson Energy	1.32%	18.20%	3.41%
Gibson Energy Competitors	-472.95%	19.42%	6.31%

Summary

Gibson Energy peers beat Gibson Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Gibson Energy Company Profile

Gibson Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the gathering, storage, optimization, processing, and marketing of liquids and refined products in Canada and the United States. It operates through Infrastructure and Marketing segments. The Infrastructure segment operates a network of liquid infrastructure assets that include oil terminals, rail loading and unloading facilities, gathering pipelines, a crude oil processing facility, and other terminals. The Marketing segment purchases, sells, stores, and optimizes hydrocarbon products, including crude oil, natural gas liquids, road asphalt, roofing flux, frac oils, light and heavy straight run distillates, vacuum gas oil, and an oil-based mud product. It serves producers, refiners, marketers, and integrated companies, as well as exploration and production companies. The company was formerly known as Gibson Energy Holdings ULC and changed its name to Gibson Energy Inc. in April 2011. Gibson Energy Inc. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.