Modiv Industrial (MDV) Competitors

Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV) and Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:PBT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MDV or PBT?

Permian Basin Royalty Trust received 155 more outperform votes than Modiv Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Modiv Industrial an outperform vote while only 63.71% of users gave Permian Basin Royalty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Modiv Industrial	Outperform Votes 10 83.33%	Underperform Votes 2 16.67%
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 165 63.71%	Underperform Votes 94 36.29%

Is MDV or PBT a better dividend stock?

Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Permian Basin Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Modiv Industrial pays out -1,300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Permian Basin Royalty Trust pays out 46.9% 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. Modiv Industrial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Modiv Industrial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer MDV or PBT?

In the previous week, Modiv Industrial and Modiv Industrial both had 3 articles in the media. Permian Basin Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Modiv Industrial's score of 0.98 indicating that Permian Basin Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Modiv Industrial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, MDV or PBT?

Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Basin Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MDV or PBT?

Permian Basin Royalty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Modiv Industrial. Modiv Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Basin 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
Modiv Industrial	$46.76M	3.12	$6.02M	-$0.09	-160.19
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	$26.96M	20.88	$25.42M	$0.49	24.65

Is MDV or PBT more profitable?

Permian Basin Royalty Trust has a net margin of 93.60% compared to Modiv Industrial's net margin of 6.72%. Permian Basin Royalty Trust's return on equity of 12,661.40% beat Modiv Industrial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Modiv Industrial	6.72%	1.44%	0.61%
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	93.60%	12,661.40%	593.31%

Do analysts recommend MDV or PBT?

Modiv Industrial presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.85%. Given Modiv Industrial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Modiv Industrial is more favorable than Permian Basin Royalty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Modiv Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MDV or PBT?

8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Permian Basin Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Permian Basin Royalty Trust beats Modiv Industrial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.