Financial Contrast: MV Oil Trust (NYSE:MVO) and Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD)

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) and MV Oil Trust (NYSE:MVO) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Enterprise Products Partners and MV Oil Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enterprise Products Partners	$52.60 billion	1.61	$5.81 billion	$2.88	13.66
MV Oil Trust	$11.31 million	0.61	$10.41 million	$0.82	0.73

Enterprise Products Partners has higher revenue and earnings than MV Oil Trust. MV Oil Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enterprise Products Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Enterprise Products Partners has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MV Oil Trust has a beta of -0.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Enterprise Products Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. MV Oil Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 399.7%. Enterprise Products Partners pays out 77.8% 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 pays out 290.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enterprise Products Partners has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

26.1% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.5% of MV Oil Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 32.6% of Enterprise Products Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Enterprise Products Partners and MV Oil Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enterprise Products Partners	10.79%	20.67%	7.93%
MV Oil Trust	91.22%	N/A	385.23%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Enterprise Products Partners and MV Oil Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enterprise Products Partners	1	7	7	1	2.50
MV Oil Trust	1	0	0	0	1.00

Enterprise Products Partners currently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.71%. Given Enterprise Products Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Enterprise Products Partners is more favorable than MV Oil Trust.

Summary

Enterprise Products Partners beats MV Oil Trust on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enterprise Products Partners

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. provides midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, petrochemicals, and refined products. It operates in four segments: NGL Pipelines & Services, Crude Oil Pipelines & Services, Natural Gas Pipelines & Services, and Petrochemical & Refined Products Services. The NGL Pipelines & Services segment offers natural gas processing and related NGL marketing services. It operates natural gas processing facilities located in Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming; NGL pipelines; NGL fractionation facilities; NGL and related product storage facilities; and NGL marine terminals. The Crude Oil Pipelines & Services segment operates crude oil pipelines; and crude oil storage and marine terminals, which include a fleet of approximately 250 tractor-trailer tank trucks that are used to transport crude oil. It also engages in crude oil marketing activities. The Natural Gas Pipelines & Services segment operates natural gas pipeline systems to gather, treat, and transport natural gas. It leases underground salt dome natural gas storage facilities in Napoleonville, Louisiana; owns an underground salt dome storage cavern in Wharton County, Texas; and markets natural gas. The Petrochemical & Refined Products Services segment operates propylene fractionation facilities, including propylene fractionation units and propane dehydrogenation facilities, and related marketing activities; butane isomerization complex and related deisobutanizer operations; and octane enhancement, isobutane dehydrogenation, and high purity isobutylene production facilities. It also operates refined products pipelines and terminals; and ethylene export terminals; and provides refined products marketing and marine transportation services. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About MV Oil Trust

MV Oil Trust acquires and holds term net profits interests in the oil and natural gas properties of MV Partners, LLC. Its properties wells located in the Mid-Continent region in the states of Kansas and Colorado. MV Oil Trust was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Houston, Texas.