Ranks And Rates Of Oil Industry Stocks

Don't look now, but we are seeing some decent signs of a recovery in the Energy sector and commodities more generally. Crude prices jumped today on news of a diminishing US stockpile. Of course, given the fact that last week saw news that the glut of crude within the US was at its highest level in 80 years, a decline in inventories was fairly likely. Still, we got a @5% pop in May futures today.

Despite the Northeast's reversion to colder weather over the past few days, demand has increased for crude as the Summer driving season approaches. Refiners are working feverishly to make the gas that will fuel everyone's Summer vacation/travel driving. That demand increase has impacted the stockpiles.

The question is, can this rally be sustained? Prices are definitely higher than they were just two months ago-- when analysts last called a bottom in the crude market. At that time a barrel was @$30. We still need to see some more sustained growth globally in order to say the worst has past for Oil stocks. Also, we could see a boost in prices if producers in consortiums like OPEC really follow through on their efforts to limit production.

Obviously, if you are looking to buy low, oil is up, but currently still near its multi-year lows. So, if you're looking for cheap energy/oil stocks, time may be running out. It all depends on how producers manage production and how fast global growth--especially in China--can bounce back. And, as always, some firms are situated better within the sector. Consider refiners, they are running at almost max capacity, so there is one area where we know business is quite strong.

For today's bulletin we used our website's advanced screening functions to query our systems for the various oil-related industries in the Energy Sector. We find the following data for top-five lists of various categories.

Top-Five Oil and Gas Industry Stocks--Short-Term Forecast Returns

Ticker

Name

Mkt Price

Valuation (%)

VE Rating

Last 12-M Return (%)

BAK

BRASKEM SA

12.5

-35.69%

5

61.08%

VLO

VALERO ENERGY

63.14

-8.78%

5

6.06%

PSX

PHILLIPS 66

84.81

14.32%

5

7.97%

PBF

PBF ENERGY INC

32.53

-2.36%

4

1.59%

TSO

TESORO CORP

82.71

-7.76%

4

-4.55%

Top-Five Oil and Gas Industry Stocks--Most Undervalued

Ticker

Name

Mkt Price

Valuation (%)

VE Rating

Last 12-M Return (%)

SDLP

SEADRILL PTNRS

3.3

-75.00%

3

-74.96%

AROC

ARCHROCK INC

6.64

-73.68%

2

-80.67%

ETE

ENERGY TRAN EQT

6.45

-72.48%

3

-79.81%

AMID

AMER MIDSTREAM

6.23

-67.82%

2

-63.93%

BTE

BAYTEX ENERGY

3.7

-67.48%

1

-78.45%

Top-Five Oil and Gas Industry Stocks--Most Overvalued

Ticker

Name

Mkt Price

Valuation (%)

VE Rating

Last 12-M Return (%)

WLL

WHITING PETROLM

7.74

300.00%

1

-77.75%

COG

CABOT OIL & GAS

22.32

94.14%

2

-26.80%

CLR

CONTL RESOURCES

29.49

82.65%

2

-39.61%

SYRG

SYNERGY RES CP

7.41

75.74%

2

-40.24%

TESO

TESCO CORP

8.04

74.71%

2

-29.35%

Top-Five Oil and Gas Industry Stocks--Composite Score

Ticker

Name

Mkt Price

Valuation (%)

VE Rating

Last 12-M Return (%)

BAK

BRASKEM SA

12.5

-35.69%

5

61.08%

VLO

VALERO ENERGY

63.14

-8.78%

5

6.06%

TSO

TESORO CORP

82.71

-7.76%

4

-4.55%

RDC

ROWAN COS PLC

15.94

-34.96%

4

-17.32%

PBF

PBF ENERGY INC

32.53

-2.36%

4

1.59%

Top-Five Oil and Gas Industry Stocks--Momentum

Ticker

Name

Mkt Price

Valuation (%)

VE Rating

Last 12-M Return (%)

BAK

BRASKEM SA

12.5

-35.69%

5

61.08%

POWR

POWERSECURE INT

18.67

17.77%

3

43.62%

PE

PARSLEY ENGY-A

21.76

N/A

3

24.70%

PSX

PHILLIPS 66

84.81

14.32%

5

7.97%

PDCE

PDC ENERGY INC

58.5

55.03%

3

7.20%

Below is today's data on Braskem (SA):

Braskem SA figures as the largest petrochemical operation in Latin America and among the five largest private companies in Brazil. With industrial facilities located in Alagoas, Bahia, Sao Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul, Braskem produces primary base petrochemicals such as ethylene, propylene, benzene, caprolactam, DMT and termoplastic resins (polypropylene, polyethylene, PVC and PET) gas and GLP.

ValuEngine continues its STRONG BUY recommendation on BRASKEM SA for 2016-04-05. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that BRASKEM SA has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE P/E Ratio and Momentum.

ValuEngine Forecast

 

Target
Price*

Expected
Return

1-Month

12.71 1.71%

3-Month

12.67 1.34%

6-Month

12.70 1.62%

1-Year

15.10 20.77%

2-Year

11.06 -11.50%

3-Year

6.65 -46.76%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe

Stocks Undervalued

63.93%

Stocks Overvalued

36.07%

Stocks Undervalued by 20%

28.19%

Stocks Overvalued by 20%

10.79%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector

Change

MTD

YTD

Valuation

Last 12-MReturn

P/E Ratio

Consumer Staples

-0.77%

-0.84%

3.45%

7.66% overvalued

-4.07%

23.91

Utilities

-1.48%

-2.27%

4.57%

5.37% overvalued

-3.57%

22.45

Basic Materials

-0.33%

-1.46%

15.23%

3.69% overvalued

-7.01%

25.56

Multi-Sector Conglomerates

-1.26%

-2.43%

2.10%

0.21% overvalued

-11.72%

16.80

Business Services

-0.78%

-1.23%

1.36%

0.01% overvalued

-9.73%

21.90

Industrial Products

-0.94%

-1.63%

2.23%

1.34% undervalued

-14.75%

18.80

Computer and Technology

-0.90%

-1.41%

3.00%

5.26% undervalued

-9.25%

26.84

Construction

-0.39%

-1.15%

12.61%

5.50% undervalued

-5.87%

21.36

Aerospace

-0.35%

-0.18%

-3.13%

5.67% undervalued

-12.56%

19.69

Finance

-1.01%

-1.23%

-2.72%

5.93% undervalued

-8.63%

15.68

Consumer Discretionary

-0.76%

-1.42%

0.73%

6.22% undervalued

-11.04%

24.07

Retail-Wholesale

-0.80%

-2.04%

-1.30%

8.16% undervalued

-14.74%

22.17

Oils-Energy

-0.67%

-4.07%

-2.91%

11.30% undervalued

-40.54%

22.70

Auto-Tires-Trucks

-1.28%

-3.69%

-2.17%

12.29% undervalued

-19.12%

11.84

Medical

-1.31%

0.40%

-7.02%

13.99% undervalued

-21.23%

25.57

Transportation

-0.73%

-1.96%

-0.51%

14.84% undervalued

-29.24%

13.08

 

Disclosure: None.

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