Pacific Coast Oil Trust (OTCMKTS:ROYTL) vs. Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) Head-To-Head Analysis

Pacific Coast Oil Trust (OTCMKTS:ROYTL) and Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Pacific Coast Oil Trust and Canadian Natural Resources, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pacific Coast Oil Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A
Canadian Natural Resources	0	4	0	0	2.00

Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.53%. Given Canadian Natural Resources’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Pacific Coast Oil Trust.

Profitability

This table compares Pacific Coast Oil Trust and Canadian Natural Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pacific Coast Oil Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Canadian Natural Resources	18.05%	22.09%	11.51%

Risk & Volatility

Pacific Coast Oil Trust has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pacific Coast Oil Trust and Canadian Natural Resources”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pacific Coast Oil Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Canadian Natural Resources	$30.25 billion	2.37	$6.10 billion	$2.60	13.03

Canadian Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Pacific Coast Oil Trust.

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Pacific Coast Oil Trust on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pacific Coast Oil Trust

Pacific Coast Oil Trust acquires and holds net profits and royalty interests in various oil and natural gas properties located in California. Its properties include Orcutt properties located in the Santa Maria Basin; and West Pico, East Coyote, and Sawtelle properties located in the Los Angeles Basin of California. Pacific Coast Oil Trust was founded in 2012 and is based in Houston, Texas.

About Canadian Natural Resources

Canadian Natural Resources Limited acquires, explores for, develops, produces, markets, and sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company offers light and medium crude oil, primary heavy crude oil, Pelican Lake heavy crude oil, bitumen (thermal oil), and synthetic crude oil (SCO). The company’s midstream assets include two pipeline systems; and a 50% working interest in an 84-megawatt cogeneration plant at Primrose. It operates primarily in Western Canada; the United Kingdom portion of the North Sea; and Offshore Africa. The company was formerly known as AEX Minerals Corporation and changed its name to Canadian Natural Resources Limited in December 1975. Canadian Natural Resources Limited was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.