VOC Energy Trust (VOC) Competitors

VOC Energy Trust (NYSE:VOC) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, VOC or EC?

Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than VOC Energy Trust. Ecopetrol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VOC Energy Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VOC Energy Trust	$16.46M	N/A	$15.22M	$0.86	5.72
Ecopetrol	$33.22B	N/A	$25.27B	$2.30	5.21

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VOC or EC?

Ecopetrol received 168 more outperform votes than VOC Energy Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.20% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote while only 51.57% of users gave VOC Energy Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VOC Energy Trust	Outperform Votes 131 51.57%	Underperform Votes 123 48.43%
Ecopetrol	Outperform Votes 299 53.20%	Underperform Votes 263 46.80%

Which has more volatility and risk, VOC or EC?

VOC Energy Trust has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VOC or EC?

In the previous week, Ecopetrol had 3 more articles in the media than VOC Energy Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ecopetrol and 0 mentions for VOC Energy Trust. Ecopetrol's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat VOC Energy Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Ecopetrol is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
VOC Energy Trust	Neutral
Ecopetrol	Neutral

Is VOC or EC more profitable?

VOC Energy Trust has a net margin of 92.37% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 14.35%. VOC Energy Trust's return on equity of 107.07% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VOC Energy Trust	92.37%	107.07%	107.07%
Ecopetrol	14.35%	8.82%	3.15%

Do analysts recommend VOC or EC?

Ecopetrol has a consensus target price of $11.27, indicating a potential downside of 6.03%. Given Ecopetrol's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ecopetrol is more favorable than VOC Energy Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VOC Energy Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Ecopetrol	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Is VOC or EC a better dividend stock?

VOC Energy Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.3%. VOC Energy Trust pays out 83.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ecopetrol pays out 95.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Ecopetrol beats VOC Energy Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.