Analyzing Royale Energy (ROYL) & Its Rivals

Royale Energy (OTCMKTS:ROYL) is one of 286 publicly-traded companies in the “Crude petroleum & natural gas” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Royale Energy to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

53.9% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are held by institutional investors. 61.8% of Royale Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are held by 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Royale Energy and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royale Energy	$2.16 million	-$1.83 million	-1.38
Royale Energy Competitors	$10.80 billion	$1.07 billion	-610.67

Royale Energy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Royale Energy. Royale Energy 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Royale Energy and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royale Energy	0	0	0	0	N/A
Royale Energy Competitors	2153	11604	16193	624	2.50

As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 23.74%. Given Royale Energy’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Royale Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk & Volatility

Royale Energy has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royale Energy’s competitors have a beta of -13.64, meaning that their average share price is 1,464% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Royale Energy and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royale Energy	-117.54%	N/A	N/A
Royale Energy Competitors	-3.41%	7.55%	6.71%

Summary

Royale Energy competitors beat Royale Energy on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

About Royale Energy

Royale Energy, Inc. acquires, explores for, develops, produces, and sells oil and natural gas properties in the United States. Its principal operations are located in the Sacramento Basin and San Joaquin Basin in California, as well as in Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Colorado. Royale Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is based in El Cajon, California.