Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT) vs. Its Competitors Head to Head Survey

Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:PBT) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Permian Basin Royalty Trust to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Permian Basin Royalty Trust and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	91.96%	9,990.08%	510.19%
Permian Basin Royalty Trust Competitors	-457.98%	19.26%	6.33%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

28.9% of Permian Basin Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Permian Basin Royalty Trust and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	$16.13 million	$14.30 million	82.86
Permian Basin Royalty Trust Competitors	$10.86 billion	$5.51 billion	-0.83

Permian Basin Royalty Trust’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Permian Basin Royalty Trust. Permian Basin Royalty Trust is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Permian Basin Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Basin Royalty Trust’s competitors have a beta of -3.76, meaning that their average stock price is 476% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Permian Basin Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Permian Basin Royalty Trust pays out 154.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.2% and pay out -131.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Permian Basin Royalty Trust lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Permian Basin Royalty Trust and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	0	1	0	0	2.00
Permian Basin Royalty Trust Competitors	5981	26986	40848	2419	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 28.97%. Given Permian Basin Royalty Trust’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Permian Basin Royalty Trust has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Permian Basin Royalty Trust competitors beat Permian Basin Royalty Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Permian Basin Royalty Trust

Permian Basin Royalty Trust, an express trust, holds royalty interests in various oil and gas properties in the United States. The company holds a 75% net overriding royalty interest in the Waddell Ranch properties, including Dune, Sand Hills (Judkins), Sand Hills (McKnight), Sand Hills (Tubb), University-Waddell (Devonian) and Waddell fields in Crane County, Texas. It also holds a 95% net overriding royalty in the Texas Royalty properties, which consist of various producing oil fields, such as Yates, Wasson, Sand Hills, East Texas, Kelly-Snyder, Panhandle Regular, N. Cowden, Todd, Keystone, Kermit, McElroy, Howard-Glasscock, Seminole, and others located in Texas. Its Texas Royalty properties comprise approximately 125 separate royalty interests containing approximately 51,000 net producing acres. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in Dallas, Texas.