Dorchester Minerals (DMLP) Competitors

Dorchester Minerals (NASDAQ:DMLP) and QEP Resources (NYSE:QEP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DMLP or QEP?

QEP Resources received 340 more outperform votes than Dorchester Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.68% of users gave Dorchester Minerals an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave QEP Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dorchester Minerals	Outperform Votes 174 64.68%	Underperform Votes 95 35.32%
QEP Resources	Outperform Votes 514 57.62%	Underperform Votes 378 42.38%

Does the media refer more to DMLP or QEP?

In the previous week, Dorchester Minerals and Dorchester Minerals both had 1 articles in the media. Dorchester Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled QEP Resources'average media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dorchester Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
QEP Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is DMLP or QEP more profitable?

Dorchester Minerals has a net margin of 66.16% compared to QEP Resources' net margin of 2.77%. Dorchester Minerals' return on equity of 59.40% beat QEP Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dorchester Minerals	66.16%	59.40%	57.38%
QEP Resources	2.77%	1.39%	0.71%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DMLP or QEP?

19.2% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of QEP Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of QEP Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, DMLP or QEP?

Dorchester Minerals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than QEP Resources. QEP Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorchester Minerals, 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
Dorchester Minerals	$161.35M	7.77	$110.39M	$2.57	12.16
QEP Resources	$1.21B	0.82	-$97.30M	-$0.01	-408.00

Which has more volatility & risk, DMLP or QEP?

Dorchester Minerals has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QEP Resources has a beta of 5.24, suggesting that its share price is 424% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DMLP or QEP a better dividend stock?

Dorchester Minerals pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. QEP Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Dorchester Minerals pays out 108.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. QEP Resources pays out -800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts prefer DMLP or QEP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dorchester Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
QEP Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Dorchester Minerals beats QEP Resources on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.