PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT) Competitors

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

Is GTE or PRT more profitable?

PermRock Royalty Trust has a net margin of 85.33% compared to Gran Tierra Energy's net margin of 7.17%. Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity of 11.36% beat PermRock Royalty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gran Tierra Energy	7.17%	11.36%	3.28%
PermRock Royalty Trust	85.33%	6.93%	6.81%

Does the media prefer GTE or PRT?

In the previous week, Gran Tierra Energy had 4 more articles in the media than PermRock Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy and 1 mentions for PermRock Royalty Trust. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.97 beat PermRock Royalty Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Gran Tierra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gran Tierra Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
PermRock Royalty Trust	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, GTE or PRT?

Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PermRock Royalty Trust has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GTE or PRT?

PermRock Royalty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gran Tierra Energy. Gran Tierra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PermRock 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
Gran Tierra Energy	$634.81M	0.28	-$6.29M	-$0.38	-13.05
PermRock Royalty Trust	$6.43M	7.62	$6.26M	$0.45	8.96

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GTE or PRT?

PermRock Royalty Trust received 125 more outperform votes than Gran Tierra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Gran Tierra Energy an outperform vote while only 66.16% of users gave PermRock Royalty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gran Tierra Energy	Outperform Votes 6 66.67%	Underperform Votes 3 33.33%
PermRock Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 131 66.16%	Underperform Votes 67 33.84%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GTE or PRT?

31.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of PermRock Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer GTE or PRT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gran Tierra Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PermRock Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

PermRock Royalty Trust beats Gran Tierra Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.