VOC Energy Trust (VOC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in EPM or VOC?

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

Do analysts prefer EPM or VOC?

Evolution Petroleum currently has a consensus price target of $6.10, indicating a potential upside of 21.76%. Given Evolution Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Evolution Petroleum is more favorable than VOC Energy 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
VOC Energy Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EPM or VOC?

VOC Energy Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Evolution Petroleum. Evolution Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VOC Energy 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
VOC Energy Trust	$13.62M	3.35	$12.41M	$0.58	4.62

Is EPM or VOC more profitable?

VOC Energy Trust has a net margin of 88.65% compared to Evolution Petroleum's net margin of 2.04%. VOC Energy Trust's return on equity of 83.54% beat Evolution Petroleum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evolution Petroleum	2.04%	2.42%	1.20%
VOC Energy Trust	88.65%	83.54%	83.54%

Does the media refer more to EPM or VOC?

In the previous week, VOC Energy Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Evolution Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for VOC Energy Trust and 0 mentions for Evolution Petroleum. VOC Energy Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Evolution Petroleum's score of 0.00 indicating that VOC Energy Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Evolution Petroleum	Neutral
VOC Energy Trust	Very Positive

Is EPM or VOC a better dividend stock?

Evolution Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. VOC Energy Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. Evolution Petroleum pays out -1,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VOC Energy Trust pays out 75.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, EPM or VOC?

Evolution Petroleum has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VOC Energy Trust has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Evolution Petroleum and VOC Energy Trust tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.