Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (PBR) and InterOil (NYSE:IOC) Head to Head Survey

InterOil (NYSE: IOC) and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for InterOil and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InterOil	0	1	0	0	2.00
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras	1	4	6	0	2.45

InterOil currently has a consensus target price of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.53%. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a consensus target price of $10.81, indicating a potential upside of 27.61%. Given Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras is more favorable than InterOil.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares InterOil and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
InterOil	N/A	N/A	N/A	($3.70)	-13.07
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras	$83.14 billion	0.66	$34.59 billion	($0.47)	-18.02

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has higher revenue and earnings than InterOil. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InterOil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares InterOil and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InterOil	-233.48%	-14.08%	-8.85%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras	-3.64%	5.15%	1.68%

Volatility & Risk

InterOil has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a beta of 2.45, meaning that its stock price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

46.6% of InterOil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras beats InterOil on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

InterOil Company Profile

InterOil Corporation (InterOil) is an oil and gas business with a sole focus on Papua New Guinea (PNG). The Company’s segments include Upstream and Corporate. The Upstream segment includes exploration, appraisal and development of hydrocarbon structures in PNG. The Corporate segment provides support to the Company’s other business segments through business development and improvement activities, general services, administration, human resources, executive management, financing and treasury, government affairs and investor relations. InterOil holds interests across over four exploration and approximately two production retention licenses in the Eastern Papuan Basin of Papua New Guinea. Its assets include the Elk, Antelope, Triceratops, Raptor and Bobcat fields in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea, and exploration licenses covering approximately 16,000 square kilometers (over four million acres) in Papua New Guinea.

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras Company Profile

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras specializes in the oil, natural gas and energy industry. The Company is engaged in prospecting, drilling, refining, processing, trading and transporting crude oil from producing onshore and offshore oil fields and from shale or other rocks. Its segments include Exploration and Production, which covers the activities of exploration, development and production of crude oil, natural gas liquid and natural gas; Refining, Transportation and Marketing, which covers the refining, logistics, transport and trading of crude oil and oil products activities, exporting of ethanol, and extraction and processing of shale; Gas and Power, which is engaged in transportation and trading of natural gas produced in Brazil and imported natural gas; Biofuels, which covers the activities of production of biodiesel and its co-products, and ethanol-related activities; Distribution, which includes the activities of its subsidiary Petrobras Distribuidora S.A., and Corporate.