Marine Petroleum Trust (MARPS) Competitors

Marine Petroleum Trust (NASDAQ:MARPS) and U.S. Global Investors (NASDAQ:GROW) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Is MARPS or GROW a better dividend stock?

Marine Petroleum Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. U.S. Global Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Marine Petroleum Trust pays out 96.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. U.S. Global Investors pays out 300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marine Petroleum Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MARPS or GROW?

Marine Petroleum Trust received 18 more outperform votes than U.S. Global Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.35% of users gave Marine Petroleum Trust an outperform vote while only 37.98% of users gave U.S. Global Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Marine Petroleum Trust	Outperform Votes 146 46.35%	Underperform Votes 169 53.65%
U.S. Global Investors	Outperform Votes 128 37.98%	Underperform Votes 209 62.02%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MARPS or GROW?

1.8% of Marine Petroleum Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.6% of U.S. Global Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of U.S. Global Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor MARPS or GROW?

In the previous week, U.S. Global Investors had 3 more articles in the media than Marine Petroleum Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for U.S. Global Investors and 1 mentions for Marine Petroleum Trust. Marine Petroleum Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat U.S. Global Investors' score of 0.71 indicating that Marine Petroleum Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Marine Petroleum Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
U.S. Global Investors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MARPS or GROW?

U.S. Global Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Marine Petroleum Trust. Marine Petroleum Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Global Investors, 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
Marine Petroleum Trust	$899.48K	8.72	$710K	$0.31	12.65
U.S. Global Investors	$9.42M	3.34	$1.33M	$0.03	78.67

Is MARPS or GROW more profitable?

Marine Petroleum Trust has a net margin of 63.53% compared to U.S. Global Investors' net margin of 5.40%. Marine Petroleum Trust's return on equity of 63.85% beat U.S. Global Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marine Petroleum Trust	63.53%	63.85%	63.85%
U.S. Global Investors	5.40%	1.05%	0.99%

Which has more volatility and risk, MARPS or GROW?

Marine Petroleum Trust has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Global Investors has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Marine Petroleum Trust beats U.S. Global Investors on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.