Mexco Energy (MXC) Competitors

Mexco Energy (NYSE:MXC) and MV Oil Trust (NYSE:MVO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

Is MXC or MVO more profitable?

MV Oil Trust has a net margin of 94.10% compared to Mexco Energy's net margin of 18.73%. Mexco Energy's return on equity of 7.57% beat MV Oil Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mexco Energy	18.73%	7.57%	6.94%
MV Oil Trust	94.10%	N/A	374.87%

Is MXC or MVO a better dividend stock?

Mexco Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. MV Oil Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.9%. Mexco Energy pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MV Oil Trust pays out 84.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, MXC or MVO?

Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MV Oil Trust has a beta of -0.18, indicating that its share price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MXC or MVO?

In the previous week, MV Oil Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Mexco Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MV Oil Trust and 2 mentions for Mexco Energy. MV Oil Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Mexco Energy's score of 0.36 indicating that MV Oil Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mexco Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MV Oil Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MXC or MVO?

MV Oil Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Mexco Energy. MV Oil Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mexco Energy, 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
Mexco Energy	$7.36M	2.47	$1.35M	$0.81	10.96
MV Oil Trust	$18.58M	3.60	$17.65M	$1.31	4.44

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MXC or MVO?

5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.5% of MV Oil Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.0% of Mexco Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MV Oil Trust beats Mexco Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.