Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT) Competitors

North European Oil Royalty Trust (NYSE:NRT) and Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (NYSE:CRT) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NRT or CRT?

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust received 41 more outperform votes than North European Oil Royalty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Cross Timbers Royalty Trust an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave North European Oil Royalty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
North European Oil Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 117 63.24%	Underperform Votes 68 36.76%
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 158 65.29%	Underperform Votes 84 34.71%

Do analysts prefer NRT or CRT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
North European Oil Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is NRT or CRT more profitable?

North European Oil Royalty Trust has a net margin of 97.12% compared to North European Oil Royalty Trust's net margin of 93.40%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's return on equity of 1,655.62% beat North European Oil Royalty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
North European Oil Royalty Trust	97.12%	1,655.62%	317.36%
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	93.40%	418.94%	257.14%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in NRT or CRT?

7.0% of North European Oil Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of North European Oil Royalty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NRT or CRT a better dividend stock?

North European Oil Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. North European Oil Royalty Trust pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays out 84.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to NRT or CRT?

In the previous week, North European Oil Royalty Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Cross Timbers Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for North European Oil Royalty Trust and 1 mentions for Cross Timbers Royalty Trust. North European Oil Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's score of -0.50 indicating that Cross Timbers Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
North European Oil Royalty Trust	Negative
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NRT or CRT?

North European Oil Royalty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Cross Timbers Royalty Trust. North European Oil Royalty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cross Timbers 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
North European Oil Royalty Trust	$22.02M	3.12	$21.17M	$1.31	5.70
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	$12.36M	6.42	$13.13M	$1.93	6.85

Which has more volatility and risk, NRT or CRT?

North European Oil Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust beats North European Oil Royalty Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.