Financial Analysis: Saturn Oil & Gas (OTCMKTS:OILSF) & Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM)

Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) and Saturn Oil & Gas (OTCMKTS:OILSF) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Black Stone Minerals and Saturn Oil & Gas, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Black Stone Minerals	0	2	1	0	2.33
Saturn Oil & Gas	0	0	0	0	N/A

Black Stone Minerals presently has a consensus price target of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.29%. Given Black Stone Minerals’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Black Stone Minerals is more favorable than Saturn Oil & Gas.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Black Stone Minerals and Saturn Oil & Gas’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Black Stone Minerals	64.88%	37.93%	27.04%
Saturn Oil & Gas	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Black Stone Minerals and Saturn Oil & Gas”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Black Stone Minerals	$505.05 million	6.21	$422.55 million	$1.54	9.69
Saturn Oil & Gas	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Black Stone Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Saturn Oil & Gas.

Summary

Black Stone Minerals beats Saturn Oil & Gas on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Black Stone Minerals

Black Stone Minerals, L.P., together with its subsidiaries, owns and manages oil and natural gas mineral interests. It owns mineral interests in approximately 16.8 million gross acres, nonparticipating royalty interests in 1.8 million gross acres, and overriding royalty interests in 1.6 million gross acres located in 41 states in the United States. The company was founded in 1876 and is based in Houston, Texas.

About Saturn Oil & Gas

Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of petroleum and natural gas resource deposits in Canada. It is involved in the exploration and development of light oil assets in the Oxbow area of Southeast Saskatchewan; Viking light oil assets in West-Central Saskatchewan; Cardium light oil assets in Central Alberta; Montney and Swan Hills light oil in North Alberta. Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.