Tullow Oil (TLW) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Tullow is an independent energy company committed to building a better future through the responsible oil and gas development of its core producing assets in Ghana. The Group is quoted on the London and Ghanaian stock exchanges (symbol: TLW). For further information, please refer to: www.tullowoil.com.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 15.70 to 17.20
• 50-Day Range: 11.06 to 16
• 52-Week Range: 3.51 to 19.50
• Volume: 27.86 million shs
• Average Volume: 17.65 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £249.87 million
• P/E Ratio: 41.23
• Dividend Yield: 23.09%
• Price Target: GBX 12.60
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Tullow Oil Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Tullow Oil scored higher than 31% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Tullow Oil has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Tullow Oil has a consensus price target of GBX 12.60, representing about 23.6% downside from its current price of GBX 16.49.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Tullow Oil has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Tullow Oil is 41.23, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.69.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Tullow Oil is 41.23, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.24.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Tullow Oil, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for TLW.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Tullow Oil is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 23.09%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Tullow Oil does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.90

News Sentiment

Tullow Oil has a news sentiment score of 0.90. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.77 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Tullow Oil this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Tullow Oil in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £83,450 in company stock, which represents 0.0334% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Tullow Oil insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £83,450 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.00% of the stock of Tullow Oil is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

21.67% of the stock of Tullow Oil is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: LON:TLW
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.tullowoil.com
• Phone: +44-20-32499000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 399
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Tullow Oil: GBX 12.60
• High Price Target: GBX 24
• Low Price Target: GBX 5.40
• Potential Upside/Downside: -23.6%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 0.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 41.23
• Forward P/E Ratio: 1.00
• P/E Growth: -0.19
• Net Income: £19.84 million
• Net Margins: 0.76%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -2.23%
• Return on Assets: 5.94%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: -892.65
• Current Ratio: 0.52
• Quick Ratio: 0.63

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £851.20 million
• Price / Sales: 0.29
• Cash Flow: GBX 5.14 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.21
• Book Value: GBX (10.31) per share
• Price / Book: -1.60

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,515,023,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £249.87 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.51