Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR) Competitors

Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE:SBR) and Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SBR or CNQ?

Canadian Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Sabine Royalty Trust. Canadian Natural Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sabine 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
Sabine Royalty Trust	$83.17M	13.21	$79.64M	$5.04	14.95
Canadian Natural Resources	$30.30B	2.19	$4.46B	$2.82	11.29

Is SBR or CNQ a better dividend stock?

Sabine Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $7.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Sabine Royalty Trust pays out 139.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years.

Is SBR or CNQ more profitable?

Sabine Royalty Trust has a net margin of 94.85% compared to Canadian Natural Resources' net margin of 19.00%. Sabine Royalty Trust's return on equity of 866.81% beat Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sabine Royalty Trust	94.85%	866.81%	819.46%
Canadian Natural Resources	19.00%	19.67%	9.59%

Which has more risk & volatility, SBR or CNQ?

Sabine Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SBR or CNQ?

Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 94.73%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Sabine Royalty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sabine Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Canadian Natural Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SBR or CNQ?

15.8% of Sabine Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to SBR or CNQ?

In the previous week, Canadian Natural Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Sabine Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources and 4 mentions for Sabine Royalty Trust. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Sabine Royalty Trust's score of 0.42 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sabine Royalty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Canadian Natural Resources	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Sabine Royalty Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.