Head to Head Review: Tourmaline Oil (TRMLF) & Its Rivals

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.8% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Tourmaline Oil and its peers’ 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	-470.72%	6.89%	6.07%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Tourmaline Oil and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tourmaline Oil	0	6	4	1	2.55
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	5850	26545	40110	2299	2.52

Tourmaline Oil currently has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.63%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 18.47%. Given Tourmaline Oil’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Tourmaline Oil and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tourmaline Oil	$4.72 billion	$187.99 million	61.57
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	$10.63 billion	$5.52 billion	2.18

Tourmaline Oil’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Tourmaline Oil. Tourmaline Oil 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.

Dividends

Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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 8.9% and pay out -113.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Tourmaline Oil lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

Tourmaline Oil beats its peers on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Tourmaline Oil

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.