Ranking
Return on investment of oil and gas companies in Russia

Information agency Credinform prepared a ranking «Return on investment of oil and gas companies in Russia». The companies with highest volume of revenue were selected for this research according to data from the Statistical Register for the latest available period (for the year 2012). Selected enterprises were ranked firstly by turnover, then by return of investment.

Return on investment is the indicator of the benefit from own capital of an organization, involved in business activities, and borrowed funds at a long date. It is calculated as the ratio of net profit to the sum of own capital and long-term liabilities.

As is known, there are no specified values prescribed for profitability ratios, because they vary strongly depending on the branch, where an enterprise operates. Therefore, each concrete company should be investigated in comparison with industry indicators. The importance of the return on investment ratio is not only that it shows benefit from invested assets, but also that, based on this ratio, it is possible to estimate the advisability of borrowing funds at certain interest. The company should take credits, the interest on which is lower, than profitability of investment capital.

Return on investment and solvency index of the largest on turnover oil and gas companies in Russia, TOP-10
Name, INNRegionTurnover for 2012, in bln RUBReturn on investment,(%)Solvency index GLOBAS-i®
1 ORENBURGNEFT OJSC
INN 5612002469
Orenburg region 219 37,44 234 (high)
2 SAMOTLORNEFTEGAZ OJSC
INN 8603089934
Khanty-Mansijsk Autonomous District 217 35,14 210 (high)
3 AKTSIONERNAYA NEFTYANAYA KOMPANIYA BASHNEFT OJSC
INN 0274051582
Republic of Bashkortostan 489 29,89 194 (the highest)
4 LUKOIL-KOMI LLC
INN 1106014140
Republic of Komi 280 27,74 211 (high)
5 LUKOIL-ZAPADNAYA SIBIR LLC
INN 8608048498
Khanty-Mansijsk Autonomous District 646 27,28 202 (high)
6 GAZPROMNEFTOJSC
INN 5504036333
Saint-Petersburg 906 25 187 (the highest)
7 Neftyanaya kompaniya Rosneft OJSC
INN 7706107510
Moscow 2596 23,74 165 (the highest)
8 TATNEFT IMENI V.D.SHASHINA OJSC
INN 1644003838
Republic of Tatarstan 345 17,62 163 (the highest)
9 SURGUTNEFTEGAZ OJSC
INN 8602060555
Khanty-Mansijsk Autonomous District 816 9,52 164 (the highest)
10 GAZPROM OJSC
INN 7736050003
Moscow 3659 7,06 177 (the highest)

The role of oil and gas sector in the national economy is remaining high. So that, according to data of the Ministry of Energy of the RF, the share of oil and gas incomes in the nation's budget made 50% in 2013, by the contribution to the GDP about 1/3, and to export – about 2/3.

The first three companies in the ranking list are represented by following enterprises: ORENBURGNEFT OJSC with the return on investment 37,44%, SAMOTLORNEFTEGAZ OJSC (35,14%) and AKTSIONERNAYA NEFTYANAYA KOMPANIYA BASHNEFT OJSC (29,89%), by average indicator value for industry leaders - 24,04%. Similar results testify to favorable investment climate, i.e. the enterprises have more alternatives for borrowing funds and their further use to own benefit. This fact is supported by a high and the highest solvency indexes GLOBAS-i®.

Return on investment of the largest oil and gas companies in Russia, TOP-10

oil and gas companies in Russia

Three more companies also showed the return on investment value higher, than the average value for industry leaders: Lukoil-Komi LLC (27,74%), Lukoil-Zapadnaya Sibir LLC (27,28%) and Gazprom neft OJSC (25%).

The last place in the ranking list belongs to industry leader on turnover Gazprom OJSC with the return on investment value 7,06%, that is 3,4 times less, than the average value for market leaders. However, the company got the highest solvency index GLOBAS-i®, because the comprehensive approach is taken for an objective assessment of solvency and financial stability, which considers the combination of financial or non-financial indicators.


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