PVL vs. EPSN, PED, BPT, MXC, INDO, HUSA, ENSV, RCON, HPKEW, and GBR
Should you be buying Permianville Royalty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Permianville Royalty Trust include Epsilon Energy (EPSN), PEDEVCO (PED), BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT), Mexco Energy (MXC), Indonesia Energy (INDO), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Enservco (ENSV), Recon Technology (RCON), HighPeak Energy (HPKEW), and New Concept Energy (GBR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Permianville Royalty Trust (NYSE:PVL) and Epsilon Energy (NASDAQ:EPSN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Permianville Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Epsilon Energy has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Permianville Royalty Trust received 166 more outperform votes than Epsilon Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% of users gave Epsilon Energy an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave Permianville Royalty Trust an outperform vote.
Permianville Royalty Trust has a net margin of 22.92% compared to Epsilon Energy's net margin of 16.77%. Permianville Royalty Trust's return on equity of 17.89% beat Epsilon Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Epsilon Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Permianville Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Epsilon Energy and 1 mentions for Permianville Royalty Trust. Permianville Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Epsilon Energy's score of 0.96 indicating that Permianville Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Permianville Royalty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Epsilon Energy. Permianville Royalty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Epsilon Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
6.8% of Permianville Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Epsilon Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Epsilon Energy shares are owned 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.
Summary
Permianville Royalty Trust beats Epsilon Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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