Vertex Energy (VTNR) Competitors

Vertex Energy (NASDAQ:VTNR) and BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (NYSE:BPT) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VTNR or BPT?

BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vertex Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vertex Energy	$3.18B	0.03	-$71.49M	N/A	N/A
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	$6.64M	7.57	$5.60M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend VTNR or BPT?

Vertex Energy currently has a consensus target price of $4.88, suggesting a potential upside of 331.42%. Given Vertex Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vertex Energy is more favorable than BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertex Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor VTNR or BPT?

In the previous week, Vertex Energy and Vertex Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Vertex Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust's score of 1.00 indicating that Vertex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vertex Energy	Very Positive
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VTNR or BPT?

Vertex Energy received 99 more outperform votes than BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.79% of users gave Vertex Energy an outperform vote while only 63.73% of users gave BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vertex Energy	Outperform Votes 287 64.79%	Underperform Votes 156 35.21%
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 188 63.73%	Underperform Votes 107 36.27%

Which has more risk and volatility, VTNR or BPT?

Vertex Energy has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VTNR or BPT more profitable?

BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Vertex Energy's net margin of -4.50%. BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust's return on equity of -9.99% beat Vertex Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vertex Energy	-4.50%	-45.99%	-11.87%
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	N/A	-9.99%	-9.36%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of VTNR or BPT?

43.0% of Vertex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Vertex Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vertex Energy beats BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.