EPSN vs. MVO, PHX, BATL, PED, PROP, PVL, PRT, INDO, PNRG, and USEG
Should you be buying Epsilon Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Epsilon Energy include MV Oil Trust (MVO), PHX Minerals (PHX), Battalion Oil (BATL), PEDEVCO (PED), Prairie Operating (PROP), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), Indonesia Energy (INDO), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), and U.S. Energy (USEG). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
MV Oil Trust (NYSE:MVO) and Epsilon Energy (NASDAQ:EPSN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
MV Oil Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. Epsilon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. MV Oil Trust pays out 86.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Epsilon Energy pays out 108.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MV Oil Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
MV Oil Trust received 148 more outperform votes than Epsilon Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% of users gave Epsilon Energy an outperform vote while only 60.97% of users gave MV Oil Trust an outperform vote.
3.5% of MV Oil Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Epsilon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Epsilon Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Epsilon Energy had 2 more articles in the media than MV Oil Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Epsilon Energy and 0 mentions for MV Oil Trust. Epsilon Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat MV Oil Trust's score of 0.67 indicating that MV Oil Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MV Oil Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Epsilon Energy. MV Oil Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Epsilon Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MV Oil Trust has a net margin of 94.48% compared to MV Oil Trust's net margin of 16.77%. MV Oil Trust's return on equity of 4.89% beat Epsilon Energy's return on equity.
MV Oil Trust has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Epsilon Energy has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MV Oil Trust beats Epsilon Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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