Reviewing Sable Offshore (SOC) & The Competition

Sable Offshore (NYSE:SOC) is one of 20 publicly-traded companies in the “OIL – US INTEGRTD” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Sable Offshore to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sable Offshore and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sable Offshore	N/A	-$629.07 million	-1.88
Sable Offshore Competitors	$6.66 billion	$947.96 million	13.07

Sable Offshore’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Sable Offshore. Sable Offshore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Sable Offshore and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sable Offshore	2	0	5	0	2.43
Sable Offshore Competitors	399	1805	1985	83	2.41

Sable Offshore presently has a consensus price target of $19.60, suggesting a potential upside of 207.45%. As a group, “OIL – US INTEGRTD” companies have a potential upside of 11.65%. Given Sable Offshore’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sable Offshore is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

Sable Offshore has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sable Offshore’s rivals have a beta of 12.44, meaning that their average share price is 1,144% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sable Offshore and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sable Offshore	N/A	-88.48%	-17.69%
Sable Offshore Competitors	21.64%	11.56%	6.12%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

26.2% of Sable Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.8% of shares of all “OIL – US INTEGRTD” companies are owned by institutional investors. 36.4% of Sable Offshore shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of shares of all “OIL – US INTEGRTD” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Sable Offshore rivals beat Sable Offshore on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Sable Offshore

Sable Offshore Corp. engages in the oil and gas exploration and development activities in the United States. The company operates through three platforms located in federal waters offshore California. It owns and operates 16 federal leases across approximately 76,000 acres and subsea pipelines, which transport crude oil, natural gas, and produced water from the platforms to the onshore processing facilities. The company was formerly known as Flame Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to Sable Offshore Corp. in February 2024. Sable Offshore Corp. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Houston, Texas.