Financial Review: Royale Energy (ROYL) and The Competition

Insider and Institutional Ownership

53.3% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are held by institutional investors. 61.8% of Royale Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Royale Energy has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royale Energy’s peers have a beta of -14.29, suggesting that their average share price is 1,529% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Royale Energy and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royale Energy	-117.54%	N/A	N/A
Royale Energy Competitors	-3.45%	7.26%	6.62%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Royale Energy and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royale Energy	$2.16 million	-$1.83 million	-1.21
Royale Energy Competitors	$10.99 billion	$1.07 billion	-617.70

Royale Energy’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Royale Energy. Royale Energy is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Royale Energy peers beat Royale Energy on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About Royale Energy

Royale Energy, Inc. acquires, explores for, develops, produces, and sells oil and natural gas properties in the United States. Its principal operations are located in the Sacramento Basin and San Joaquin Basin in California, as well as in Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Colorado. Royale Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is based in El Cajon, California.