Reviewing Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) & Indonesia Energy (NYSE:INDO)

Profitability

This table compares Barnwell Industries and Indonesia Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barnwell Industries	-34.01%	-48.90%	-22.57%
Indonesia Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Barnwell Industries has a beta of -0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Indonesia Energy has a beta of -0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 171% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Indonesia Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.6% of Indonesia Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Barnwell Industries and Indonesia Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barnwell Industries	$19.39 million	0.61	-$5.57 million	($0.62)	-1.90
Indonesia Energy	$2.67 million	16.97	-$2.64 million	N/A	N/A

Indonesia Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barnwell Industries.

Summary

Indonesia Energy beats Barnwell Industries on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Barnwell Industries

Barnwell Industries, Inc. acquires, develops, produces, and sells oil and natural gas in Canada. The company operates through three segments: Oil and Natural Gas, Land Investment, and Contract Drilling. It also acquires and develops crude oil and natural gas assets in the province of Alberta, as well as invests in land interests in Hawaii. In addition, the company owns and operates threes water well drilling rigs, two pump rigs, and other ancillary drilling and pump equipment; and drills water and water monitoring wells of varying depths. Further, it installs and repairs water pumping systems; and distributes trillium flow technologies. Barnwell Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1956 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

About Indonesia Energy

Indonesia Energy Corporation Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company in Indonesia. It holds interests in the Kruh Block, a producing block covering approximately an area of 258 square kilometers located in the Pali, South Sumatra; and the Citarum Block, an exploration block covering approximately an area of 3,924.67 square kilometers located in the onshore of West Java. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia Energy Corporation Limited is a subsidiary of Maderic Holding Limited.