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BRN vs. VOC, PRT, USEG, INDO, NEHC, KLXE, NINE, BATL, MXC, and RCON

Should you be buying Barnwell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnwell Industries include VOC Energy Trust (VOC), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), U.S. Energy (USEG), Indonesia Energy (INDO), New Era Helium (NEHC), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Nine Energy Service (NINE), Battalion Oil (BATL), Mexco Energy (MXC), and Recon Technology (RCON). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Barnwell Industries vs. Its Competitors

Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) and VOC Energy Trust (NYSE:VOC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

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

Barnwell Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. VOC Energy Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.9%. Barnwell Industries pays out -1.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VOC Energy Trust pays out 75.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

VOC Energy Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Barnwell Industries$18.07M0.67-$5.57M-$0.65-1.86
VOC Energy Trust$11.02M4.55$12.41M$0.585.09

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Barnwell Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
VOC Energy Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

In the previous week, VOC Energy Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Barnwell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for VOC Energy Trust and 0 mentions for Barnwell Industries. VOC Energy Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Barnwell Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that VOC Energy Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Barnwell Industries Neutral
VOC Energy Trust Positive

VOC Energy Trust has a net margin of 88.65% compared to Barnwell Industries' net margin of -34.01%. VOC Energy Trust's return on equity of 83.54% beat Barnwell Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Barnwell Industries-34.01% -48.90% -22.57%
VOC Energy Trust 88.65%83.54%83.54%

Barnwell Industries has a beta of -0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VOC Energy Trust has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

VOC Energy Trust beats Barnwell Industries on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BRN vs. The Competition

MetricBarnwell IndustriesCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.19M$1.10B$7.70B$21.76B
Dividend YieldN/A180.41%10.86%3.62%
P/E Ratio-1.784.9973.2632.43
Price / Sales0.674.361,422.1158.85
Price / Cash38.437.0936.6724.38
Price / Book1.081.624.694.59
Net Income-$5.57M-$115.94M$4.28B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-9.02%-0.66%-0.22%1.31%
1 Month Performance3.42%-2.43%0.25%-1.47%
1 Year Performance-39.85%6.79%15.66%9.54%

Barnwell Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRN
Barnwell Industries
0.64 of 5 stars
$1.21
-1.6%
N/A-41.0%$12.19M$18.07M-1.7840
VOC
VOC Energy Trust
N/A$2.92
-1.2%
N/A-42.0%$49.56M$13.62M5.032,020Positive News
Short Interest ↓
PRT
PermRock Royalty Trust
1.9033 of 5 stars
$3.94
+1.5%
N/A-2.3%$47.95M$6.02M8.952,020News Coverage
Positive News
USEG
U.S. Energy
3.2507 of 5 stars
$1.14
flat
$3.50
+207.0%
-14.6%$40.88M$20.62M-1.4120News Coverage
INDO
Indonesia Energy
0.3764 of 5 stars
$2.80
-1.4%
N/A-31.5%$40.63M$2.29M0.0060Trending News
NEHC
New Era Helium
N/A$2.35
-9.6%
N/AN/A$34.01M$530.02K0.00N/APositive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
KLXE
KLX Energy Services
0.3239 of 5 stars
$1.79
+1.7%
N/A-66.1%$31.93M$709.30M-0.441,726Positive News
Gap Down
NINE
Nine Energy Service
1.0731 of 5 stars
$0.61
+3.8%
N/A-49.3%$26.52M$554.10M-0.671,077Gap Up
BATL
Battalion Oil
1.9156 of 5 stars
$1.16
+2.7%
N/A-84.2%$19.09M$185.21M-1.4560
MXC
Mexco Energy
1.4763 of 5 stars
$9.05
+0.3%
N/A-26.4%$18.52M$7.44M14.375Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
RCON
Recon Technology
1.4357 of 5 stars
$2.04
+4.1%
N/A-48.7%$16.30M$9.48M0.00190Short Interest ↓
Gap Down

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