Barnwell Industries (BRN) Competitors

Permianville Royalty Trust (NYSE:PVL) and Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PVL or BRN?

Permianville Royalty Trust received 182 more outperform votes than Barnwell Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.26% of users gave Permianville Royalty Trust an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Barnwell Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Permianville Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 182 60.26%	Underperform Votes 120 39.74%
Barnwell Industries	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 93 100.00%

Does the media refer more to PVL or BRN?

In the previous week, Barnwell Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Permianville Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Barnwell Industries and 3 mentions for Permianville Royalty Trust. Permianville Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Barnwell Industries' score of 0.22 indicating that Permianville Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Permianville Royalty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Barnwell Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PVL or BRN?

Permianville Royalty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permianville 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
Permianville Royalty Trust	$4.26M	12.20	$10.60M	$0.09	17.50
Barnwell Industries	$20.05M	0.63	-$5.57M	-$0.62	-2.03

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PVL or BRN?

6.8% of Permianville Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PVL or BRN a better dividend stock?

Permianville Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Barnwell Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Permianville Royalty Trust pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barnwell Industries pays out -1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is PVL or BRN more profitable?

Permianville Royalty Trust has a net margin of 12.60% compared to Barnwell Industries' net margin of -34.01%. Permianville Royalty Trust's return on equity of 13.73% beat Barnwell Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Permianville Royalty Trust	12.60%	13.73%	13.67%
Barnwell Industries	-34.01%	-48.90%	-22.57%

Which has more volatility & risk, PVL or BRN?

Permianville Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnwell Industries has a beta of -0.3, indicating that its share price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Permianville Royalty Trust beats Barnwell Industries on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.