Financial Survey: CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) vs. Glori Energy (OTCMKTS:GLRI)

CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) and Glori Energy (OTCMKTS:GLRI) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for CNX Resources and Glori Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CNX Resources	1	5	1	0	2.00
Glori Energy	0	0	0	0	N/A

CNX Resources presently has a consensus price target of $24.43, indicating a potential upside of 1.70%.

Profitability

This table compares CNX Resources and Glori Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CNX Resources	50.34%	9.00%	4.20%
Glori Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.2% of CNX Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of CNX Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.2% of Glori Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CNX Resources and Glori Energy’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CNX Resources	$1.51 billion	2.44	$1.72 billion	$9.09	2.64
Glori Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

CNX Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Glori Energy.

Volatility & Risk

CNX Resources has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glori Energy has a beta of 30.08, suggesting that its stock price is 2,908% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CNX Resources beats Glori Energy on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CNX Resources

CNX Resources Corporation, an independent natural gas and midstream company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas properties in the Appalachian Basin. The company operates in two segments, Shale and Coalbed Methane (CBM). It produces and sells pipeline quality natural gas primarily for gas wholesalers. The company owns rights to extract natural gas from shale properties in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio, as well as rights to extract natural gas from other shale and shallow oil and gas formations in Illinois, Indiana, New York, and Virginia. It also owns rights to extract CBM in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and New Mexico. In addition, the company designs, builds, and operates natural gas gathering systems to move gas from the wellhead to interstate pipelines or other local sales points; owns and operates approximately 2,600 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines, as well as various natural gas processing facilities. It also offers turn-key solutions for water sourcing, delivery, and disposal for its natural gas operations and for third parties. The company was formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc. and changed its name to CNX Resources Corporation in November 2017. CNX Resources Corporation was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

About Glori Energy

Glori Energy Inc., an energy technology and oil production company, provides services to third party exploration and production companies in North America and Brazil. It operates through Oil and Gas, and AERO Services segments. The Oil and Gas segment produces and develops oil and natural gas interests. The AERO Services segment offers biotechnology solutions of enhanced oil recovery through a two-step process, including analysis phase, reservoir screening process that obtains field samples and evaluates potential of AERO system; and field deployment phase that deploys skid mounted injection equipment. Glori Energy Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.