PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT) Competitors

Evolution Petroleum (NYSE:EPM) and PermRock Royalty Trust (NYSE:PRT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and risk.

Does the media favor EPM or PRT?

In the previous week, PermRock Royalty Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Evolution Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PermRock Royalty Trust and 0 mentions for Evolution Petroleum. PermRock Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Evolution Petroleum's score of 0.00 indicating that PermRock Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Evolution Petroleum	Neutral
PermRock Royalty Trust	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, EPM or PRT?

Evolution Petroleum has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PermRock Royalty Trust has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

60.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of PermRock Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EPM or PRT?

PermRock Royalty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Evolution Petroleum. Evolution Petroleum 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
Evolution Petroleum	$85.96M	2.00	$4.08M	-$0.03	-167.00
PermRock Royalty Trust	$6.02M	8.05	$5.16M	$0.45	8.84

Is EPM or PRT more profitable?

PermRock Royalty Trust has a net margin of 84.81% compared to Evolution Petroleum's net margin of 2.04%. PermRock Royalty Trust's return on equity of 7.46% beat Evolution Petroleum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evolution Petroleum	2.04%	2.42%	1.20%
PermRock Royalty Trust	84.81%	7.46%	7.31%

Do analysts rate EPM or PRT?

Evolution Petroleum currently has a consensus target price of $6.10, indicating a potential upside of 21.76%. Given Evolution Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Evolution Petroleum is more favorable than PermRock Royalty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evolution Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
PermRock Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is EPM or PRT a better dividend stock?

Evolution Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. PermRock Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Evolution Petroleum pays out -1,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PermRock Royalty Trust pays out 86.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

PermRock Royalty Trust beats Evolution Petroleum on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.