Mexco Energy (MXC) Competitors

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

Is PVL or MXC a better dividend stock?

Permianville Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Mexco Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.10 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. Mexco Energy pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PVL or MXC?

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

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Permianville Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 182 60.26%	Underperform Votes 120 39.74%
Mexco Energy	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 82 100.00%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PVL or MXC?

6.8% of Permianville Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 53.0% of Mexco Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to PVL or MXC?

In the previous week, Permianville Royalty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Mexco Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Permianville Royalty Trust and 1 mentions for Mexco Energy. Mexco Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Permianville Royalty Trust's score of 0.48 indicating that Mexco Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Permianville Royalty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mexco Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PVL or MXC more profitable?

Mexco Energy has a net margin of 18.73% compared to Permianville Royalty Trust's net margin of 12.60%. Permianville Royalty Trust's return on equity of 13.73% beat Mexco Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Permianville Royalty Trust	12.60%	13.73%	13.67%
Mexco Energy	18.73%	7.57%	6.94%

Which has more volatility and risk, PVL or MXC?

Permianville Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PVL or MXC?

Permianville Royalty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mexco Energy. Mexco Energy 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	14.33	$10.60M	$0.09	20.54
Mexco Energy	$7.16M	3.40	$1.35M	$0.63	18.90

Summary

Permianville Royalty Trust beats Mexco Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.