Critical Contrast: Tourmaline Oil (TRMLF) and Its Peers

Posted by George Bondi on Oct 2nd, 2026

Tourmaline Oil (OTCMKTS:TRMLF – Get Free Report) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Tourmaline Oil to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Tourmaline Oil and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tourmaline Oil	1	5	3	1	2.40
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	5877	26666	40305	2333	2.52

Tourmaline Oil presently has a consensus target price of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.83%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 21.88%. Given Tourmaline Oil’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than its competitors.

Dividends

Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.1% and pay out -106.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Tourmaline Oil lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Tourmaline Oil and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tourmaline Oil	$4.72 billion	$187.99 million	59.07
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	$10.63 billion	$5.52 billion	1.42

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

Risk and Volatility

Tourmaline Oil has a beta of -0.21, meaning that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tourmaline Oil’s competitors have a beta of -4.05, meaning that their average share price is 505% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Tourmaline Oil and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tourmaline Oil	6.05%	9.05%	6.25%
Tourmaline Oil Competitors	-495.82%	7.72%	6.22%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.8% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company 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.

Summary

Tourmaline Oil competitors beat Tourmaline Oil on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Tourmaline Oil

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Tourmaline Oil Corp. explores for and develops oil and natural gas properties in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The company holds interests in properties located in the Alberta Deep Basin, Northeast British Columbia Montney, and the Peace River High Triassic oil complex. Tourmaline Oil Corp. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

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