Santos (OTCMKTS:STOSF – Get Free Report) is one of 418 public companies in the “Oil & Gas E&P” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Santos to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Santos and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Santos | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Santos Competitors | 152.49% | 20.38% | 5.68% |
Dividends
Santos pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Santos pays out -4.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil & Gas E&P” companies pay a dividend yield of 7.3% and pay out 70.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Santos and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Santos Competitors | 1224 | 7311 | 12022 | 435 | 2.56 |
As a group, “Oil & Gas E&P” companies have a potential upside of 33.78%. Given Santos’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Santos has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Santos and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Santos | N/A | N/A | -0.75 |
| Santos Competitors | $1.77 billion | $498.50 million | -49.28 |
Santos’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Santos. Santos is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Summary
Santos rivals beat Santos on 8 of the 10 factors compared.
About Santos
Santos Limited explores for, develops, produces, transports, and markets hydrocarbons in Australia and the Asia Pacific. Its five principal assets are located in the Cooper Basin, Queensland and NSW, Papua New Guinea, Northern Australia and Timor-Leste, and Western Australia. The company also holds an asset in Alaska; and engages in the development of carbon capture and storage technologies. In addition, it produces natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, ethane, methane, coal seam gas, liquefied natural gas, shale gas, and condensate, as well as oil. The company was incorporated in 1954 and is headquartered in Adelaide, Australia.
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