Part A “If I were investing in oil and gas stocks, there is one question I would ask CEO`s: What portion of your capital is going to have to go in to stay even”-
Gwyn Morgan, CEO of Encona, CAPP Conference, June 2002
This report summaries the financial performance and position of two UK oil and gas production companies Tullow Oil plc. and Premier Oil plc. for the two years ended on 31st December, including 2012-2013 financial years. To be more precise, Tullow Oil plc. and Premier Oil plc. are leading independent oil and gas exploration and production companies, headquarters in London, UK. The main objective of these oil companies from their operations is to find, extract, refine and sell oil and
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and industry average by 9.5% and 1.4% respectively but underperformed against its 2012 operating profit margin by 8.9%.
Both Tullow Oil plc. and Premier Oil plc. net profit margin had fall in 2013 by 20.4% and 3.5 % because of profit after tax decreased by 68%. This is mainly because Tullow Oil plc.`s exploration in Africa took place in Sierra and Ethiopia. While Premier Oil plc. net profit margin is higher than industry average by 0.5%.
In both Tullow Oil plc. and Premier Oil plc. the rate of ROCE fall considerably by 9.5% and 4.7% and less than industry average by 4.9% and 1.1%. In Tullow Oil plc. this is generally because the company spent $1.1 billion, including Norway exploration costs on a post tax basis, on exploration and appraisal activities and has written off $417 million related to this expenditure. However, in the mid of 2013 Norway production delayed and it influenced to ROCE rate of Tullow Oil plc.
Premier Oil plc.`s ROA outperformed both Tullow Oil plc. and industry average by 2% and 0.3% . This is mainly due to Chim Sao project surpassed the milestone of $2 billion of gross oil revenues and 20 million barrels of oil production in
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Premier Oil plc.`s inventory turnover outperformed significantly comparing to Tullow Oil plc. by 14.8, this is mainly because of less cost of sales and inventory in 2013.
Both Tullow Oil plc. and Premier Oil plc.`s total asset turnover had fallen by 0.03 and 0.05 in 2013. This slight change occurred due to new site exploration costs in Norway, UK and Vietnam regions.
According to average collection period and average payment period Tullow Oil plc. have a smart financial management, because they collect their receivables faster than Premier Oil plc. by 60 days as well as pays their payables in 315 days, whereas Premier Oil plc.`s average payment period is 180 days. Financial Gearing Comparison
Gearing Ratio (Refer to Appendix 1) Tullow Oil plc. Premier Oil plc. 2013 2012 Change 2013 2012 Change
Gearing Ratio 52% 38% 14% 59% 53%