Head to Head Survey: Indonesia Energy (NYSE:INDO) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (NYSE:PBR)

Indonesia Energy (NYSE:INDO) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Indonesia Energy and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Indonesia Energy	0	0	0	0	N/A
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras	0	4	4	0	2.50

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has a consensus price target of $16.56, indicating a potential upside of 14.30%. Given Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras is more favorable than Indonesia Energy.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares Indonesia Energy and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Indonesia Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras	22.46%	31.07%	11.66%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Indonesia Energy and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Indonesia Energy	$3.53 million	8.12	-$2.64 million	N/A	N/A
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras	$99.41 billion	0.95	$24.88 billion	$3.44	4.21

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has higher revenue and earnings than Indonesia Energy.

Risk & Volatility

Indonesia Energy has a beta of 0.05, indicating that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras beats Indonesia Energy on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Indonesia Energy

Indonesia Energy Corporation Limited operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company in Indonesia. The company holds interests in the Kruh Block, a producing block covering an area of 258 square kilometers with net crude oil proved reserves of 2.06 million barrels located to the northwest of Pendopo, Pali, South Sumatra; and the Citarum Block, an exploration block covering an area of 3,924.67 square kilometers located onshore in 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.

About Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras explores, produces, and sells oil and gas in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through Exploration and Production; Refining, Transportation and Marketing; and Gas and Power. It also engages in prospecting, drilling, refining, processing, trading, and transporting crude oil from producing onshore and offshore oil fields, and shale or other rocks, as well as oil products, natural gas, and other liquid hydrocarbons. The Exploration and Production segment explores, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas primarily for supplies to the domestic refineries. The Refining, Transportation and Marketing segment engages in the refining, logistics, transport, marketing, and trading of crude oil and oil products; exportation of ethanol; and extraction and processing of shale, as well as holding interests in petrochemical companies. The Gas and Power segment is involved in the logistic and trading of natural gas and electricity; transportation and trading of LNG; generation of electricity through thermoelectric power plants; holding interests in transportation and distribution of natural gas; and fertilizer production and natural gas processing business. In addition, the company produces biodiesel and its co-products, and ethanol; and distributes oil products. Further, it engages in research, development, production, transport, distribution, and trading of energy. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras was incorporated in 1953 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.