Head to Head Comparison: Black Dragon Resource Companies (OTCMKTS:BDGR) & Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ)

Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) and Black Dragon Resource Companies (OTCMKTS:BDGR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Dragon Resource Companies has a beta of -0.36, meaning that its share price is 136% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Canadian Natural Resources and Black Dragon Resource Companies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Natural Resources	0	4	2	0	2.33
Black Dragon Resource Companies	0	0	0	0	0.00

Canadian Natural Resources presently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 119.53%. Given Canadian Natural Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Black Dragon Resource Companies.

Profitability

This table compares Canadian Natural Resources and Black Dragon Resource Companies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Natural Resources	18.45%	20.07%	10.51%
Black Dragon Resource Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Canadian Natural Resources and Black Dragon Resource Companies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canadian Natural Resources	$41.51 billion	1.45	$6.10 billion	$2.08	13.80
Black Dragon Resource Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Canadian Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Black Dragon Resource Companies.

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Black Dragon Resource Companies on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Black Dragon Resource Companies

Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. operates as a distributor of rare art via blockchain-based technologies or non-fungible tokens. The company was formerly known as Black Dragon Resource, Inc. and changed its name to Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. in December 2004. Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of ProTek Capital, Inc.