Comparing Repsol (OTCMKTS:REPYY) and Tamboran Resources (NYSE:TBN)

Repsol (OTCMKTS:REPYY) and Tamboran Resources (NYSE:TBN) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Repsol has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tamboran Resources has a beta of -1.6, suggesting that its share price is 260% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Repsol and Tamboran Resources, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Repsol	1	4	5	2	2.67
Tamboran Resources	1	1	2	1	2.60

Tamboran Resources has a consensus target price of $51.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.08%. Given Tamboran Resources’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tamboran Resources is more favorable than Repsol.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.3% of Repsol shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Repsol shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Tamboran Resources shares are held by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares Repsol and Tamboran Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Repsol	3.49%	10.48%	4.80%
Tamboran Resources	N/A	-7.12%	-6.03%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Repsol and Tamboran Resources”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Repsol	$61.56 billion	0.45	$2.15 billion	$1.86	13.61
Tamboran Resources	N/A	N/A	-$36.90 million	($1.91)	-18.71

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

Summary

Repsol beats Tamboran Resources on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Repsol

Repsol, S.A. operates as a multi-e energy company worldwide. Its Upstream segment engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas reserves, as well as develops low-carbon geological solutions. The company's Industrial segment is involved in refining activities and petrochemicals business; the trading, transport, and sale of crude oil, natural gas, and fuels; and development of hydrogen, biomethane, sustainable biofuels, and synthetic fuels. Its Customer segment is involved in mobility; and sale of fuel products, electricity and gas, lubricants, and other specialties. The company's Low-Carbon Generation segment engages in the low-emissions electricity generation and renewable sources. The company also offers asphalt products; installs, operates, and manages service stations; provides maritime services; constructs and operates oil refineries; explores and produces hydrocarbons; offers human resource; distributes and supplies electricity; and develops new energy projects, solar, and wind projects, as well as produces and sells chemical products and lubricants. In addition, it is involved in fuel and special products sale, research, trading and transport, insurance and reinsurance, safety, and financing activities; development of production processes, storage, transport, use, consumption, and transformation of hydrogen; decarbonization activities; and promotion, design, construction, and operation of molecular recycling facilities. Further, the company produces synthetic oil cloths; and invests in liquefaction plant project. The company was formerly known as Repsol YPF, S.A. and changed its name to Repsol, S.A. in May 2012. Repsol, S.A. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

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.