Petroleo Brasileiro: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

By Emerging Money: By Jonathan Yates

By EconMatters: Brazil, with 2.719 million b/d (barrels per day, as of 2010) oil production, is one of the larger non-OPEC oil sources, and ranked No. 9 in the world based on 2010 oil production data, according to the U.S Energy Dept.

David Fessler submits:At the moment, the Gulf of Mexico owns the title of being the largest offshore oil production area in the world. But not for long. Back in 2009, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (PBR) – more commonly known as Petrobras – made history when it confirmed the location of a huge deepwater oil field in its Santos pre-salt basin.

By Qineqt:Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (PBR) is trading at high valuations with a P/S of 1.1x, EV/Revenue of 1.66x, and an EV/EBITDA of 7.6x; all at a significant premium when compared to the company's peers in the industry. It has shown its worst performance in recent history by posting a loss of $1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2012.

ByConrado Foglio Bonda:Petrobras (PBR) is the second largest company in terms of market cap in the Brazilian stock exchange, second only to beverage giant Ambev. PBR is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and operates as an international oil and gas company.

ByNick Chiu:Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (PBR) and Total SA (TOT) are two large cap, oil and gas integrated companies offering steady income and currently trading at low Forward P/E. Both stocks had received positive upgrades from analysts recently and will be analyzed fundamentally and technically in this article.

By Emerging Money: By Joseph Hogue Shares in Brazilian state-owned energy behemoth Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR) fell another 3.3% on Tuesday, adding to the already 40.5% loss in the ADR shares over the last year.

Brett Samaha submits:Petrobras (PBR) is the American Depository Receipt (ADR) for the shares of the national oil company of Brazil. Despite the fact that PBR is in the process of tapping the largest oil field in the west, the share price has done very little except go down in the past year.A little background: Each ADR represents two common shares of the Brazil-listed Petrobras stock.