Riverstone Energy (RSE) Competitors

Murray Income Trust (LON:MUT) and Riverstone Energy (LON:RSE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MUT or RSE?

Murray Income Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Riverstone Energy. Riverstone Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murray Income 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
Murray Income Trust	£88.65M	9.42	£80.03M	£0.72	1,116.67
Riverstone Energy	£2.72M	77.06	-£2.27M	£1.40	551.43

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MUT or RSE?

Riverstone Energy received 12 more outperform votes than Murray Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.37% of users gave Murray Income Trust an outperform vote while only 46.44% of users gave Riverstone Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Murray Income Trust	Outperform Votes 99 60.37%	Underperform Votes 65 39.63%
Riverstone Energy	Outperform Votes 111 46.44%	Underperform Votes 128 53.56%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MUT or RSE?

35.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Riverstone Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Riverstone Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor MUT or RSE?

In the previous week, Murray Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Riverstone Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Murray Income Trust and 1 mentions for Riverstone Energy. Murray Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Riverstone Energy's score of 1.02 indicating that Murray Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Murray Income Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Riverstone Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MUT or RSE more profitable?

Murray Income Trust has a net margin of 90.28% compared to Riverstone Energy's net margin of -83.32%. Murray Income Trust's return on equity of 7.98% beat Riverstone Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Murray Income Trust	90.28%	7.98%	4.65%
Riverstone Energy	-83.32%	-0.32%	-0.22%

Which has more risk & volatility, MUT or RSE?

Murray Income Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riverstone Energy has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Murray Income Trust beats Riverstone Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.