Analyzing Tourmaline Oil (TRMLF) and Its Peers

Tourmaline Oil (OTCMKTS:TRMLF) 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 Tourmaline Oil to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Tourmaline Oil and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tourmaline Oil	0	6	4	1	2.55
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	5856	26577	40175	2305	2.52

Tourmaline Oil currently has a consensus price target of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.12%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 19.30%. Given Tourmaline Oil’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than its peers.

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	-469.32%	6.98%	6.06%

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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tourmaline Oil	$4.72 billion	$187.99 million	60.14
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	$10.62 billion	$5.52 billion	2.21

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.

Risk & Volatility

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

Dividends

Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 200.0% 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 -113.6% 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.

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.