Critical Comparison: Tamboran Resources (TBN) vs. Its Rivals

Tamboran Resources (NYSE:TBN) is one of 21 publicly-traded companies in the “OIL – INTL INTGD” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Tamboran Resources to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Tamboran Resources and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tamboran Resources	N/A	-7.31%	-6.28%
Tamboran Resources Competitors	3.27%	9.08%	4.11%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Tamboran Resources and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tamboran Resources	1	1	3	1	2.67
Tamboran Resources Competitors	490	1801	2006	125	2.40

Tamboran Resources currently has a consensus target price of $36.75, suggesting a potential upside of 44.60%. As a group, “OIL – INTL INTGD” companies have a potential upside of 14.49%. Given Tamboran Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Tamboran Resources is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Tamboran Resources and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tamboran Resources	N/A	-$36.90 million	-10.09
Tamboran Resources Competitors	$81.94 billion	$5.78 billion	-16.59

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

36.0% of shares of all “OIL – INTL INTGD” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Tamboran Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of shares of all “OIL – INTL INTGD” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Tamboran Resources has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tamboran Resources’ competitors have a beta of 0.71, suggesting that their average share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tamboran Resources competitors beat Tamboran Resources on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Tamboran Resources Company Profile

Tamboran Resources Corporation, a natural gas company, focuses on developing unconventional gas resources in the northern territory of Australia. Its assets include a 25% non-operated working interest in EP 161; a 38.75% working interest in EPs 76, 98, and 117; and a 100% working interest in EPs 136 and 143, as well as EP (A) 197, located in the Betaloo Basin. Tamboran Resources Corporation was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.