VIA vs. CRT, NEOV, SLNG, NINE, AE, PED, BATL, SND, TYGO, and NRT
Should you be buying Via Renewables stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Via Renewables include Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT), NeoVolta (NEOV), Stabilis Solutions (SLNG), Nine Energy Service (NINE), Adams Resources & Energy (AE), PEDEVCO (PED), Battalion Oil (BATL), Smart Sand (SND), Tigo Energy (TYGO), and North European Oil Royalty Trust (NRT). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Via Renewables (NASDAQ:VIA) and Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (NYSE:CRT) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Via Renewables had 6 more articles in the media than Cross Timbers Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Via Renewables and 0 mentions for Cross Timbers Royalty Trust. Via Renewables' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Via Renewables is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust received 156 more outperform votes than Via Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Cross Timbers Royalty Trust an outperform vote while only 6.90% of users gave Via Renewables an outperform vote.
Via Renewables has higher revenue and earnings than Cross Timbers Royalty Trust. Via Renewables is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cross Timbers Royalty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Via Renewables has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
74.4% of Via Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.2% of Via Renewables shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a net margin of 93.40% compared to Via Renewables' net margin of 5.68%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's return on equity of 418.94% beat Via Renewables' return on equity.
Summary
Via Renewables beats Cross Timbers Royalty Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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