Inpex (IPXHY) & Its Rivals Head to Head Survey

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

Volatility & Risk

Inpex has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inpex’s peers have a beta of -3.76, meaning that their average stock price is 476% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings 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	5988	27018	40893	2428	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 28.78%. 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 1.9%. 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 9.2% and pay out -133.8% 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.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inpex	$13.45 billion	$2.52 billion	9.34
Inpex Competitors	$10.89 billion	$5.51 billion	-1.07

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	21.93%	8.53%	5.51%
Inpex Competitors	-456.99%	19.35%	6.42%

Insider & 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. 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Inpex peers beat Inpex on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

Inpex Company Profile

INPEX Corporation is a Japanese energy company focused on the exploration, development, production and sale of oil and natural gas. Its activities span the energy project lifecycle, from resource exploration and field development to the production and marketing of energy products. The company operates in Japan and internationally, with projects and business interests in regions including Australia, Indonesia and the Middle East. A major project is the Ichthys LNG project in Australia, which produces liquefied natural gas, condensate and liquefied petroleum gas for domestic and overseas markets.