The Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY) and Gibson Energy (OTCMKTS:GBNXF) Financial Comparison

Gibson Energy (OTCMKTS:GBNXF) and The Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

Gibson Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. The Weir Group pays an annual dividend of $0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Gibson Energy pays out 127.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Gibson Energy and The Weir Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gibson Energy	$8.16 billion	0.33	$158.69 million	$0.95	17.29
The Weir Group	$3.28 billion	N/A	$283.48 million	N/A	N/A

The Weir Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gibson Energy.

Volatility and Risk

Gibson Energy has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Weir Group has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Gibson Energy and The Weir Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gibson Energy	0	0	0	1	4.00
The Weir Group	0	0	0	2	4.00

Profitability

This table compares Gibson Energy and The Weir Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gibson Energy	1.72%	22.45%	4.13%
The Weir Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Gibson Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Gibson Energy beats The Weir Group on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gibson Energy

Gibson Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the gathering, storage, optimization, processing, and marketing of liquids and refined products in Canada and the United States. It operates through Infrastructure and Marketing segments. The Infrastructure segment operates a network of liquid infrastructure assets that include oil terminals, rail loading and unloading facilities, gathering pipelines, a crude oil processing facility, and other terminals. The Marketing segment purchases, sells, stores, and optimizes hydrocarbon products, including crude oil, natural gas liquids, road asphalt, roofing flux, frac oils, light and heavy straight run distillates, vacuum gas oil, and an oil-based mud product. It serves producers, refiners, marketers, and integrated companies, as well as exploration and production companies. The company was formerly known as Gibson Energy Holdings ULC and changed its name to Gibson Energy Inc. in April 2011. Gibson Energy Inc. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About The Weir Group

The Weir Group PLC produces and sells highly engineered original equipment worldwide. It operates in two segments, Minerals and ESCO. The Minerals segment offers engineering, manufacturing, and service processing technology for the use in abrasive high-wear mining applications; and differentiated technology for the use in infrastructure and general industrial markets. The ESCO segment provides ground engaging tools for large mining machines. This segment also offers cloud-based Artificial Intelligence solutions to the mining industry; manufactures and distributes highly engineered wear parts; and offers aftermarket services to the mining industry. The company offers its products under the Accumin, All-Cast, Aspir, Bucyrus Blades, Carbide Plus, Cavex, Delta Industrial, Enduron, ESCO, EverSharp, GEHO, GeoVor, Infinity, Isogate, Kwik-Lok, Lewis, Linacure, Linagard, Linard, Linatex, Loadmaster, MaxTemp, Motion Metrics, Multiflo, Nemisys, Posilok, Production Master, ProFill, Sand,aster, Super V, SV2, Synertrex, TopLock, Trio, UltraEdge, Ultrlok, Uni-Lok, Vulco, Warman, and Whisler Plus brands. The Weir Group PLC was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.