Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GTE or PVL?

31.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of Permianville 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is GTE or PVL more profitable?

Permianville Royalty Trust has a net margin of 12.60% compared to Gran Tierra Energy's net margin of 7.17%. Permianville Royalty Trust's return on equity of 13.73% beat Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gran Tierra Energy	7.17%	11.36%	3.28%
Permianville Royalty Trust	12.60%	13.73%	13.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GTE or PVL?

Permianville Royalty Trust received 176 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 60.26% of users gave Permianville Royalty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gran Tierra Energy	Outperform Votes 6 66.67%	Underperform Votes 3 33.33%
Permianville Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 182 60.26%	Underperform Votes 120 39.74%

Do analysts rate GTE or PVL?

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
Permianville Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, GTE or PVL?

Permianville 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 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
Gran Tierra Energy	$634.81M	0.26	-$6.29M	-$0.38	-12.09
Permianville Royalty Trust	$4.26M	12.20	$10.60M	$0.09	17.50

Which has more risk & volatility, GTE or PVL?

Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permianville Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GTE or PVL?

In the previous week, Gran Tierra Energy and Gran Tierra Energy both had 3 articles in the media. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Permianville Royalty Trust's score of 0.95 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Permianville Royalty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Gran Tierra Energy and Permianville Royalty Trust tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.