Financial Contrast: Legend Oil and Gas (OTCMKTS:LOGL) versus Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA)

Legend Oil and Gas (OTCMKTS:LOGL) and Pembina Pipeline (NYSE:PBA) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Legend Oil and Gas and Pembina Pipeline’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Legend Oil and Gas	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.06)	N/A
Pembina Pipeline	$8.93 billion	1.98	$2.29 billion	$1.61	19.98

Pembina Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Legend Oil and Gas. Legend Oil and Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembina Pipeline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Legend Oil and Gas and Pembina Pipeline’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Legend Oil and Gas	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pembina Pipeline	28.87%	14.16%	6.15%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

33.5% of Legend Oil and Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of Legend Oil and Gas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Legend Oil and Gas and Pembina Pipeline, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Legend Oil and Gas	0	0	0	0	N/A
Pembina Pipeline	0	1	3	0	2.75

Pembina Pipeline has a consensus target price of $40.57, suggesting a potential upside of 26.15%.

Summary

Pembina Pipeline beats Legend Oil and Gas on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Legend Oil and Gas

Legend Oil and Gas, Ltd. operates as a crude oil hauling and trucking company. It performs hauling services for institutional drilling and exploration companies, as well as crude oil marketers primarily in the Bakken, North Dakota, and the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico. The company was formerly known as SIN Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Legend Oil and Gas, Ltd. in November 2010. Legend Oil and Gas, Ltd. was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Alpharetta, Georgia.

About Pembina Pipeline

Pembina Pipeline Corporation provides energy transportation and midstream services. It operates through three segments: Pipelines, Facilities, and Marketing & New Ventures. The Pipelines segment operates conventional, oil sands and heavy oil, and transmission assets with a transportation capacity of 2.8 millions of barrels of oil equivalent per day, the ground storage capacity of 11 millions of barrels, and rail terminalling capacity of approximately 105 thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per day serving markets and basins across North America. The Facilities segment offers infrastructure that provides customers with natural gas, condensate, and natural gas liquids (NGLs), including ethane, propane, butane, and condensate; and includes 354 thousands of barrels per day of NGL fractionation capacity, 21 millions of barrels of cavern storage capacity, and associated pipeline and rail terminalling facilities. The Marketing & New Ventures segment buys and sells hydrocarbon liquids and natural gas originating in the Western Canadian sedimentary basin and other basins. Pembina Pipeline Corporation was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.