Dorchester Minerals (DMLP) Competitors

Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) and Dorchester Minerals (NASDAQ:DMLP) are both petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, VVV or DMLP?

Valvoline has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorchester Minerals has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, VVV or DMLP?

Valvoline has higher revenue and earnings than Dorchester Minerals. Dorchester Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valvoline, 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
Valvoline	$1.67B	2.84	$211.50M	$2.06	18.16
Dorchester Minerals	$161.52M	8.10	$89.20M	$2.04	13.54

Is VVV or DMLP a better dividend stock?

Valvoline pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Dorchester Minerals pays an annual dividend of $2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Valvoline pays out 5.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dorchester Minerals pays out 142.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to VVV or DMLP?

In the previous week, Valvoline had 6 more articles in the media than Dorchester Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Valvoline and 5 mentions for Dorchester Minerals. Dorchester Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Valvoline's score of 1.06 indicating that Dorchester Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Valvoline	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dorchester Minerals	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer VVV or DMLP?

Valvoline currently has a consensus price target of $42.54, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Given Valvoline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Valvoline is more favorable than Dorchester Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valvoline	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Dorchester Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VVV or DMLP?

96.1% of Valvoline shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Valvoline shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VVV or DMLP more profitable?

Dorchester Minerals has a net margin of 52.49% compared to Valvoline's net margin of 15.97%. Valvoline's return on equity of 106.36% beat Dorchester Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valvoline	15.97%	106.36%	8.52%
Dorchester Minerals	52.49%	28.67%	28.16%

Summary

Valvoline beats Dorchester Minerals on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.