Vantage Drilling (OTCMKTS:VTGDF) & Royal Vopak (OTCMKTS:VOPKY) Financial Review

Volatility and Risk

Royal Vopak has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vantage Drilling has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Royal Vopak and Vantage Drilling’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royal Vopak	37.14%	12.16%	5.72%
Vantage Drilling	5.56%	-23.51%	-12.76%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Royal Vopak and Vantage Drilling”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royal Vopak	$1.42 billion	3.44	$406.55 million	$4.53	9.37
Vantage Drilling	$239.27 million	0.00	$27.81 million	$0.75	N/A

Royal Vopak has higher revenue and earnings than Vantage Drilling. Vantage Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Vopak, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Royal Vopak beats Vantage Drilling on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Royal Vopak

Koninklijke Vopak N.V., an independent tank storage company, stores and handles liquid chemicals, gases, and oil products to the energy and manufacturing markets worldwide. The company operates LPG and chemical gas, industrial, chemical, and oil terminals; and owns and operates specialized facilities consisting of tanks, jetties, truck loading stations, and pipelines. It stores and handles chemicals, such as methanol, xylenes, styrene, alpha olefins, and mono-ethylene glycol; gas, including LNG, LPG, ethylene, butadiene, and ammonia; oil products consisting of crude oil, fuel oil, diesel, jet fuel, gasoline, and naphtha; and vegoils and biofuels comprising ethanol, biodiesel, and sustainable aviation fuel. In addition, the company is involved in the development of infrastructure solutions within ports for low-carbon and renewable hydrogen, CO2, long-duration energy storage, and sustainable fuels and feedstocks. Further, it operates 76 terminals in 23 countries with a storage capacity of 35.2 million cubic meters. It serves producers, manufacturers, distributors, governments, traders, and chemical and energy companies. The company was founded in 1616 and is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

About Vantage Drilling

Vantage Drilling Company is in liquidation. Previously, the company was engaged in the provision of offshore contract drilling services for multinational oil and natural gas companies, government owned oil and natural gas companies, and independent oil and natural gas producers in the United States and internationally. Vantage Drilling Company was founded in 2007 and is based in Houston, Texas.