Critical Contrast: Athabasca Oil (ATHOF) & Its Rivals

Athabasca Oil (OTCMKTS:ATHOF) is one of 401 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil & Gas E&P” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Athabasca Oil to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Athabasca Oil and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Athabasca Oil	0	1	1	0	2.50
Athabasca Oil Competitors	699	4680	8690	362	2.60

Athabasca Oil presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.73%. As a group, “Oil & Gas E&P” companies have a potential upside of 68.65%. Given Athabasca Oil’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Athabasca Oil has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Athabasca Oil and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Athabasca Oil	N/A	N/A	N/A
Athabasca Oil Competitors	-12.89%	4.09%	3.10%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Athabasca Oil	N/A	N/A	-10.77
Athabasca Oil Competitors	$716.89 million	$110.09 million	6.03

Athabasca Oil’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Athabasca Oil. Athabasca Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

31.1% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of shares of all “Oil & Gas E&P” companies are held by institutional investors. 25.9% of shares of all “Oil & Gas E&P” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Athabasca Oil peers beat Athabasca Oil on 9 of the 11 factors compared.

Athabasca Oil Company Profile

Athabasca Oil Corporation engages in the exploration, development, and production of thermal and light oil resource plays in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alberta, Canada. It operates through Thermal Oil and Light Oil segments. The company's principal properties are in the Greater Kaybob areas near the Town of Fox Creek in northwestern Alberta; and the Leismer/Corner, Hangingstone, and Dover West projects located in the Athabasca region of northeastern Alberta. It produces light and medium crude oil, tight oil, conventional natural gas, shale gas, and natural gas liquids, as well as bitumen from sand and carbonate rock formations. The company was formerly known as Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. and changed its name to Athabasca Oil Corporation in May 2012. Athabasca Oil Corporation was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.