GeoPetro Resources (OTCMKTS:GEOR) and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) Critical Review

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras and GeoPetro Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras	0	1	6	1	3.00
GeoPetro Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras currently has a consensus target price of $17.40, indicating a potential upside of 42.51%. Given Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras is more favorable than GeoPetro Resources.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras	15.99%	34.11%	8.63%
GeoPetro Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras and GeoPetro Resources”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras	$86.29 billion	0.91	$7.53 billion	$2.14	5.71
GeoPetro Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has higher revenue and earnings than GeoPetro Resources.

Summary

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras beats GeoPetro Resources on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras explores, produces, and sells oil and gas in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Exploration and Production; Refining, Transportation and Marketing; and Gas and Power. The Exploration and Production segment explores, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas primarily for supplies to the domestic refineries. The Refining, Transportation and Marketing segment engages in the refining, logistics, transport, acquisition, and exports of crude oil; and production of fertilizers, as well as holding interests in petrochemical companies. The Gas and Power segment is involved in the logistic and trading of natural gas and electricity; transportation and trading of LNG; generation of electricity through thermoelectric power plants; renewable energy businesses; low carbon services; and natural gas processing business, as well as production of biodiesel and its co-products. The company also engages in prospecting, drilling, refining, processing, trading, and transporting crude oil from producing onshore and offshore oil fields, and shale or other rocks, as well as oil products, natural gas, and other liquid hydrocarbons. In addition, it engages in research, development, production, transport, distribution, and trading of energy. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras was incorporated in 1953 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

About GeoPetro Resources

GeoPetro Resources Co. is an independent oil and natural gas company, which engages in exploration, development, drilling and production of oil and gas properties. It holds interest in Madisonville, Lokern and Cook Inlet projects. The company was founded by Stuart J. Doshi in August 1994 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.