Contrasting Athabasca Oil (ATHOF) & The Competition

Athabasca Oil (OTCMKTS:ATHOF) is one of 402 public companies in the “Oil & Gas E&P” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Athabasca Oil to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Athabasca Oil	N/A	N/A	-10.69
Athabasca Oil Competitors	$716.89 million	$110.09 million	-22.25

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

Insider and 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Athabasca Oil and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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 63.04%. As a group, “Oil & Gas E&P” companies have a potential upside of 74.41%. Given Athabasca Oil’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Athabasca Oil has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Athabasca Oil and its rivals’ 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%

Summary

Athabasca Oil rivals beat Athabasca Oil on 8 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.