MV Oil Trust (MVO) Competitors

MV Oil Trust (NYSE:MVO) and Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Is MVO or RNGR a better dividend stock?

MV Oil Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.7%. Ranger Energy Services pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. MV Oil Trust pays out 71.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ranger Energy Services pays out 29.3% 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 prefer MVO or RNGR?

In the previous week, Ranger Energy Services had 3 more articles in the media than MV Oil Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ranger Energy Services and 2 mentions for MV Oil Trust. MV Oil Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Ranger Energy Services' score of -0.05 indicating that MV Oil Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MV Oil Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ranger Energy Services	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend MVO or RNGR?

Ranger Energy Services has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.61%. Given Ranger Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ranger Energy Services is more favorable than MV Oil Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MV Oil Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ranger Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MVO or RNGR?

Ranger Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than MV Oil Trust. MV Oil Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ranger Energy Services, 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
MV Oil Trust	$18.58M	3.64	$16.79M	$1.54	3.82
Ranger Energy Services	$571.10M	0.43	$23.80M	$0.82	13.54

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MVO or RNGR?

3.5% of MV Oil Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Ranger Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Ranger Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is MVO or RNGR more profitable?

MV Oil Trust has a net margin of 95.53% compared to Ranger Energy Services' net margin of 2.54%. Ranger Energy Services' return on equity of 5.54% beat MV Oil Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MV Oil Trust	95.53%	N/A	378.11%
Ranger Energy Services	2.54%	5.54%	4.01%

Which has more risk and volatility, MVO or RNGR?

MV Oil Trust has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ranger Energy Services has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MVO or RNGR?

Ranger Energy Services received 105 more outperform votes than MV Oil Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.21% of users gave Ranger Energy Services an outperform vote while only 60.44% of users gave MV Oil Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MV Oil Trust	Outperform Votes 165 60.44%	Underperform Votes 108 39.56%
Ranger Energy Services	Outperform Votes 270 62.21%	Underperform Votes 164 37.79%

Summary

Ranger Energy Services beats MV Oil Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.