Contrasting Tamboran Resources (NYSE:TBN) and YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF)

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) and Tamboran Resources (NYSE:TBN) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

YPF Sociedad Anonima has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tamboran Resources has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for YPF Sociedad Anonima and Tamboran Resources, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YPF Sociedad Anonima	0	4	2	0	2.33
Tamboran Resources	1	1	4	1	2.71

YPF Sociedad Anonima currently has a consensus target price of $41.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.12%. Tamboran Resources has a consensus target price of $36.40, suggesting a potential upside of 55.78%. Given Tamboran Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tamboran Resources is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anonima.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anonima shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Tamboran Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares YPF Sociedad Anonima and Tamboran Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YPF Sociedad Anonima	-2.45%	2.88%	1.16%
Tamboran Resources	N/A	-7.49%	-6.44%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares YPF Sociedad Anonima and Tamboran Resources”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
YPF Sociedad Anonima	$19.29 billion	0.70	$2.35 billion	($1.18)	-28.92
Tamboran Resources	N/A	N/A	-$36.90 million	($2.57)	-9.09

YPF Sociedad Anonima has higher revenue and earnings than Tamboran Resources. YPF Sociedad Anonima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tamboran Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

About YPF Sociedad Anonima

YPF Sociedad Anónima, an energy company, engages in the oil and gas upstream and downstream activities in Argentina. Its upstream operations include the exploration, exploitation, and production of crude oil, and natural gas. The company’s downstream operations include petrochemical production and crude oil refining; transportation and distribution refined and petrochemical products; commercialization of crude oil, petrochemical products, and specialties. Its gas and power operations include transportation, commercialization, and distribution of natural gas; operation of regasification terminals; conditioning, processing, and separation of natural gas; and power generation. The company had interests in oil and gas fields. It also had a retail distribution network and retail service stations. In addition, the company owns and operates refineries, as well as maintains terminal facilities Argentine ports. Further, it participates in power generation plants; offers diesel, fertilizers, lubricants, phytosanitary products, and ensiling bags; and supplies diesel, gasoline, fuel oil, coal, asphalts, paraffin, and sulfur, CO2, decanted oil, and aromatic extract. The company was incorporated in 1977 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

About Tamboran Resources

Tamboran Resources Corporation, a natural gas company, focuses on developing unconventional gas resources in the northern territory of Australia. Its assets include a 25% non-operated working interest in EP 161; a 38.75% working interest in EPs 76, 98, and 117; and a 100% working interest in EPs 136 and 143, as well as EP (A) 197, located in the Betaloo Basin. Tamboran Resources Corporation was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.