Financial Survey: Royale Energy (ROYL) versus Its Rivals

Royale Energy (OTCMKTS:ROYL) is one of 269 publicly-traded companies in the “Crude petroleum & natural gas” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Royale Energy to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

54.3% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are owned by institutional investors. 61.8% of Royale Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” 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.

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	-1.63%	6.96%	6.59%

Earnings & 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	-1.25
Royale Energy Competitors	$756.71 billion	$1.11 billion	25.61

Royale Energy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Royale Energy. Royale Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Royale Energy has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royale Energy’s competitors have a beta of -14.67, suggesting that their average share price is 1,567% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royale Energy	0	0	0	0	N/A
Royale Energy Competitors	2130	11442	15907	597	2.50

As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 24.02%. Given Royale Energy’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Royale Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Royale Energy competitors beat Royale Energy on 8 of the 10 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.