Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT) Competitors

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

Is CRT or NRT a better dividend stock?

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. North European Oil Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays out 11.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. North European Oil Royalty Trust pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media refer more to CRT or NRT?

In the previous week, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust had 3 more articles in the media than North European Oil Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cross Timbers Royalty Trust and 2 mentions for North European Oil Royalty Trust. North European Oil Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's score of 1.28 indicating that North European Oil Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRT or NRT?

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

Do analysts rate CRT or NRT?

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CRT or NRT?

9.7% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.0% of North European Oil Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of North European Oil Royalty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CRT or NRT?

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North European Oil Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CRT or NRT more profitable?

North European Oil Royalty Trust has a net margin of 97.12% compared to Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's net margin of 93.40%. 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
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	93.40%	418.94%	257.14%
North European Oil Royalty Trust	97.12%	1,655.62%	317.36%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CRT or NRT?

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
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	$12.36M	7.04	$13.13M	$1.93	7.52
North European Oil Royalty Trust	$22.02M	3.09	$21.17M	$1.31	5.65

Summary

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust beats North European Oil Royalty Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.