Financial Review: Tamboran Resources (NYSE:TBN) versus PetroQuest Energy (OTCMKTS:PQUE)

PetroQuest Energy (OTCMKTS:PQUE) and Tamboran Resources (NYSE:TBN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares PetroQuest Energy and Tamboran Resources”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PetroQuest Energy	$108.29 million	0.00	-$6.63 million	($0.55)	-0.04
Tamboran Resources	N/A	N/A	-$21.92 million	N/A	N/A

PetroQuest Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Tamboran Resources.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for PetroQuest Energy and Tamboran Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PetroQuest Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00
Tamboran Resources	0	1	3	0	2.75

Tamboran Resources has a consensus price target of $37.75, indicating a potential upside of 118.84%. Given Tamboran Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tamboran Resources is more favorable than PetroQuest Energy.

Profitability

This table compares PetroQuest Energy and Tamboran Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PetroQuest Energy	-4.93%	N/A	-3.76%
Tamboran Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.6% of PetroQuest Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.8% of PetroQuest Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Tamboran Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tamboran Resources beats PetroQuest Energy on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PetroQuest Energy

PetroQuest Energy, Inc. operates as an independent oil and gas company in Texas and Louisiana. The company acquires, explores for, develops, and operates oil and gas properties. As of December 31, 2017, it had estimated proved reserves of 1.8 million barrels of oil; 19.4 billion cubic feet equivalent of natural gas liquids; and 125.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas. PetroQuest Energy, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.

About Tamboran Resources

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.