VOC vs. EC, GBR, PBR, WDS, BAK, CSAN, HUSA, BRN, USEG, and MXC
Should you be buying VOC Energy Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VOC Energy Trust include Ecopetrol (EC), New Concept Energy (GBR), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Braskem (BAK), Cosan (CSAN), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Barnwell Industries (BRN), U.S. Energy (USEG), and Mexco Energy (MXC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and VOC Energy Trust (NYSE:VOC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than VOC Energy Trust. Ecopetrol 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.
In the previous week, Ecopetrol had 2 more articles in the media than VOC Energy Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ecopetrol and 1 mentions for VOC Energy Trust. VOC Energy Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Ecopetrol's score of -0.23 indicating that Ecopetrol is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VOC Energy Trust has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
VOC Energy Trust has a net margin of 92.44% compared to VOC Energy Trust's net margin of 14.69%. Ecopetrol's return on equity of 108.69% beat VOC Energy Trust's return on equity.
Ecopetrol received 168 more outperform votes than VOC Energy Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.30% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote while only 51.57% of users gave VOC Energy Trust an outperform vote.
Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.6%. VOC Energy Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. Ecopetrol pays out 92.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VOC Energy Trust pays out 84.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ecopetrol currently has a consensus price target of $11.27, suggesting a potential downside of 4.88%. Given VOC Energy Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ecopetrol is more favorable than VOC Energy Trust.
Summary
Ecopetrol beats VOC Energy Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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