Tourmaline Oil (TSX:TOU): Assessing Valuation After CEO Mike Rose’s Recent Share Purchase

Tourmaline Oil (TSX:TOU) just saw CEO Mike Rose buy 2,500 shares around CA$60 each, a direct insider purchase that naturally raises questions about how management views the company’s current valuation and outlook.

See our latest analysis for Tourmaline Oil.

That buy comes after a choppy stretch, with the share price now at about CA$59.80 and a negative year to date share price return, but a strongly positive five year total shareholder return, which suggests longer term momentum remains intact.

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With shares lagging year to date despite solid multi year returns and analyst targets sitting materially higher than today’s price, should investors view Tourmaline as undervalued, or assume the market is already pricing in its future growth?

Most Popular Narrative Narrative: 18.1% Undervalued

With Tourmaline Oil last closing at about CA$59.80 versus a narrative fair value near CA$73, the valuation case leans toward upside potential.

Strategic build-out of low-cost, high-margin inventory in the Northeast BC Montney, with associated infrastructure owned by Tourmaline, positions the company for meaningful production growth to 850,000 BOE/d by early next decade, which, at flat pricing, will more than double annual free cash flow, supporting higher future dividend payments and potential buybacks.

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Want to see what powers that growth curve? The narrative focuses on aggressive volume expansion, richer margins, and a punchy future earnings multiple. Curious how those pieces fit?

Result: Fair Value of $73 (UNDERVALUED)

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However, this upbeat LNG driven story could be derailed by persistently weak gas prices or regulatory delays that push back export infrastructure timelines.

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Another Angle on Valuation

On earnings based measures, the story is less clear cut. Tourmaline trades at about 17.5 times earnings, richer than both the Canadian oil and gas industry on 14.1 times and peer average of 16.4 times, yet still below a 19.3 times fair ratio our model suggests.

In practice, that mix of premium versus peers but discount to the fair ratio points to a mid ground, where execution or gas prices might decide whether today’s level looks like a bargain or a value trap in hindsight.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

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