Barnwell Industries (BRN) Competitors $1.21 -0.02 (-1.63%) Closing price 10/17/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$1.21 0.00 (0.00%) As of 10/17/2025 07:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BRN vs. VOC, PRT, USEG, INDO, NEHC, KLXE, NINE, BATL, MXC, and RCONShould you be buying Barnwell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnwell Industries include VOC Energy Trust (VOC), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), U.S. Energy (USEG), Indonesia Energy (INDO), New Era Helium (NEHC), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Nine Energy Service (NINE), Battalion Oil (BATL), Mexco Energy (MXC), and Recon Technology (RCON). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry. Barnwell Industries vs. Its Competitors VOC Energy Trust PermRock Royalty Trust U.S. Energy Indonesia Energy New Era Helium KLX Energy Services Nine Energy Service Battalion Oil Mexco Energy Recon Technology Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) and VOC Energy Trust (NYSE:VOC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership. Which has better earnings & valuation, BRN or VOC? VOC Energy Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBarnwell Industries$18.07M0.67-$5.57M-$0.65-1.86VOC Energy Trust$11.02M4.55$12.41M$0.585.09 Is BRN or VOC more profitable? VOC Energy Trust has a net margin of 88.65% compared to Barnwell Industries' net margin of -34.01%. VOC Energy Trust's return on equity of 83.54% beat Barnwell Industries' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Barnwell Industries-34.01% -48.90% -22.57% VOC Energy Trust 88.65%83.54%83.54% Do institutionals and insiders believe in BRN or VOC? 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is BRN or VOC a better dividend stock? Barnwell Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. VOC Energy Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.9%. Barnwell Industries pays out -1.5% 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. Do analysts recommend BRN or VOC? Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Barnwell Industries 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00VOC Energy Trust 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00 Does the media refer more to BRN or VOC? In the previous week, VOC Energy Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Barnwell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for VOC Energy Trust and 0 mentions for Barnwell Industries. VOC Energy Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Barnwell Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that VOC Energy Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Barnwell Industries Neutral VOC Energy Trust Positive Which has more volatility and risk, BRN or VOC? Barnwell Industries has a beta of -0.31, indicating that its stock price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VOC Energy Trust has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryVOC Energy Trust beats Barnwell Industries on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Barnwell Industries News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BRN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BRN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBarnwell IndustriesCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$12.19M$1.11B$7.64B$21.75BDividend YieldN/A180.41%10.86%3.62%P/E Ratio-1.784.9973.3732.43Price / Sales0.674.351,419.6558.79Price / Cash38.437.0936.6724.38Price / Book1.081.614.694.59Net Income-$5.57M-$115.94M$4.28B$1.02B7 Day Performance-9.02%-0.94%-0.24%1.31%1 Month Performance3.42%-2.71%0.23%-1.47%1 Year Performance-39.85%6.46%15.64%9.54% Barnwell Industries Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BRNBarnwell Industries0.6409 of 5 stars$1.21-1.6%N/A-41.0%$12.19M$18.07M-1.7840Gap UpVOCVOC Energy TrustN/A$2.92-1.2%N/A-42.0%$49.56M$13.62M5.032,020Positive NewsShort Interest ↓PRTPermRock Royalty Trust1.8987 of 5 stars$3.94+1.5%N/A-2.3%$47.95M$6.02M8.952,020News CoveragePositive NewsUSEGU.S. Energy3.2528 of 5 stars$1.14flat$3.50+207.0%-14.6%$40.88M$20.62M-1.4120News CoverageINDOIndonesia Energy0.3782 of 5 stars$2.80-1.4%N/A-31.5%$40.63M$2.29M0.0060Trending NewsNEHCNew Era HeliumN/A$2.35-9.6%N/AN/A$34.01M$530.02K0.00N/APositive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeKLXEKLX Energy Services0.3251 of 5 stars$1.79+1.7%N/A-66.1%$31.93M$709.30M-0.441,726NINENine Energy Service1.0751 of 5 stars$0.61+3.8%N/A-49.3%$26.52M$554.10M-0.671,077Gap UpBATLBattalion Oil1.9143 of 5 stars$1.16+2.7%N/A-84.2%$19.09M$185.21M-1.4560MXCMexco Energy1.4788 of 5 stars$9.05+0.3%N/A-26.4%$18.52M$7.44M14.375Short Interest ↑Gap DownRCONRecon Technology1.4384 of 5 stars$2.04+4.1%N/A-48.7%$16.30M$9.48M0.00190Short Interest ↓Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies VOC Energy Trust Competitors PermRock Royalty Trust Competitors U.S. Energy Competitors Indonesia Energy Competitors New Era Helium Competitors KLX Energy Services Competitors Nine Energy Service Competitors Battalion Oil Competitors Mexco Energy Competitors Recon Technology Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BRN) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis Crypto Is Set to Explode in JanuaryCurious about crypto but still stuck scrolling endless threads? 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