Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL) Competitors

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

Is PVL or GTE 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
Permianville Royalty Trust	12.60%	13.73%	13.67%
Gran Tierra Energy	7.17%	11.36%	3.28%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PVL or GTE?

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

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

6.8% of Permianville Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PVL or GTE?

Permianville Royalty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Permianville Royalty Trust	$4.26M	14.18	$10.60M	$0.09	20.33
Gran Tierra Energy	$634.81M	0.28	-$6.29M	-$0.38	-13.45

Does the media prefer PVL or GTE?

In the previous week, Gran Tierra Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Permianville Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy and 1 mentions for Permianville Royalty Trust. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.97 beat Permianville Royalty Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that Gran Tierra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Permianville Royalty Trust	Negative
Gran Tierra Energy	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer PVL or GTE?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, PVL or GTE?

Permianville Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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