North European Oil Royalty Trust (NRT) Competitors

North European Oil Royalty Trust (NYSE:NRT) and Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (NYSE:CRT) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Is NRT or CRT a better dividend stock?

North European Oil Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. North European Oil Royalty Trust pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays out 103.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NRT or CRT?

North European Oil Royalty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Cross Timbers Royalty Trust. North European Oil Royalty Trust 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
North European Oil Royalty Trust	$22.02M	N/A	$21.17M	$1.31	5.45
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	$12.36M	6.81	$13.13M	$1.57	8.93

Is NRT or CRT more profitable?

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a net margin of 91.50% compared to North European Oil Royalty Trust's net margin of 0.00%. North European Oil Royalty Trust's return on equity of 1,655.62% beat Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
North European Oil Royalty Trust	N/A	1,655.62%	317.36%
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	91.50%	347.77%	223.95%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NRT or CRT?

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust received 41 more outperform votes than North European Oil Royalty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Cross Timbers Royalty Trust an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave North European Oil Royalty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
North European Oil Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 117 63.24%	Underperform Votes 68 36.76%
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 158 65.29%	Underperform Votes 84 34.71%

Which has more risk & volatility, NRT or CRT?

North European Oil Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer NRT or CRT?

In the previous week, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than North European Oil Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cross Timbers Royalty Trust and 1 mentions for North European Oil Royalty Trust. North European Oil Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's score of 0.93 indicating that North European Oil Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
North European Oil Royalty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NRT or CRT?

7.0% of North European Oil Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of North European Oil Royalty Trust 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend NRT or CRT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
North European Oil Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust beats North European Oil Royalty Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.