Battalion Oil (BATL) Competitors

Battalion Oil (NYSE:BATL) and MV Oil Trust (NYSE:MVO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BATL or MVO?

86.0% of Battalion Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.5% of MV Oil Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.0% of Battalion Oil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BATL or MVO?

MV Oil Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Battalion Oil. Battalion Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MV Oil 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
Battalion Oil	$193.89M	0.11	-$3.05M	-$4.31	-0.29
MV Oil Trust	$18.58M	3.68	$16.79M	$1.54	3.86

Is BATL or MVO more profitable?

MV Oil Trust has a net margin of 95.53% compared to Battalion Oil's net margin of 12.02%. MV Oil Trust's return on equity of 0.00% beat Battalion Oil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Battalion Oil	12.02%	-137.74%	-11.27%
MV Oil Trust	95.53%	N/A	378.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BATL or MVO?

MV Oil Trust received 164 more outperform votes than Battalion Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.44% of users gave MV Oil Trust an outperform vote while only 16.67% of users gave Battalion Oil an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Battalion Oil	Outperform Votes 1 16.67%	Underperform Votes 5 83.33%
MV Oil Trust	Outperform Votes 165 60.44%	Underperform Votes 108 39.56%

Which has more risk and volatility, BATL or MVO?

Battalion Oil has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MV Oil Trust has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BATL or MVO?

In the previous week, Battalion Oil had 1 more articles in the media than MV Oil Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Battalion Oil and 0 mentions for MV Oil Trust. MV Oil Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Battalion Oil's score of -0.76 indicating that MV Oil Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Battalion Oil	Negative
MV Oil Trust	Very Positive

Summary

MV Oil Trust beats Battalion Oil on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.