Critical Review: Gibson Energy (OTCMKTS:GBNXF) & NN Group (OTCMKTS:NNGRY)

NN Group (OTCMKTS:NNGRYGet Free Report) and Gibson Energy (OTCMKTS:GBNXFGet Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.3% of NN Group shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

NN Group has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gibson Energy has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

NN Group pays an annual dividend of $1.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Gibson Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Gibson Energy pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Profitability

This table compares NN Group and Gibson Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NN Group N/A N/A N/A
Gibson Energy 2.72% 45.88% 8.24%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for NN Group and Gibson Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NN Group 0 0 8 0 3.00
Gibson Energy 1 0 8 0 2.78

NN Group currently has a consensus price target of $24.15, suggesting a potential upside of 23.85%. Gibson Energy has a consensus price target of $22.75, suggesting a potential upside of 46.68%. Given Gibson Energy’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gibson Energy is more favorable than NN Group.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NN Group and Gibson Energy’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
NN Group $18.26 billion 0.59 $1.65 billion N/A N/A
Gibson Energy $8.49 billion 0.30 $171.72 million $1.41 11.00

NN Group has higher revenue and earnings than Gibson Energy.

Summary

NN Group beats Gibson Energy on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NN Group

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NN Group N.V., a financial services company, provides life and non-life insurance products in the Netherlands and internationally. The company operates through Netherlands Life, Netherlands Non-life, Insurance Europe, Japan Life, Banking, and Other segments. It offers Life insurance products, such as group and individual pension products, retail life insurance, and corporate life products; and non-life insurance products, including motor, fire, liability, transport, travel, health, property and casualty, and disability and accident insurance products. The company also provides banking services, including mortgage loans, savings accounts, bank annuities, consumer lending, and retail investment products, as well as administration and management services; reinsurance services; and retirement products and services. It offers its products to individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, and Corporates customers directly through tied agents, agents/ brokers, platform insurance, and direct channels. The company was formerly known as ING Insurance Topholding N.V. and changed its name to NN Group N.V. in March 2014. NN Group N.V. was founded in 1845 and is headquartered in the Hague, the Netherlands.

About Gibson Energy

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Gibson Energy Inc., a liquids infrastructure company, engages in the gathering, storage, optimization, processing, and marketing of liquids and refined products in North America. It operates through two segments, Infrastructure and Marketing. The Infrastructure segment operates a network of infrastructure assets that include oil terminals, rail loading and unloading facilities, gathering pipelines, and a crude oil processing facility. The Marketing segment purchases, sells, stores, and optimizes hydrocarbon products, including crude oil, natural gas liquids, road asphalt, roofing flux, frac oils, light and heavy straight run distillates, vacuum gas oil, and an oil-based mud product. The company was formerly known as Gibson Energy Holdings ULC and changed its name to Gibson Energy Inc. in April 2011. Gibson Energy Inc. was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

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