BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT) Competitors

U.S. Energy (NASDAQ:USEG) and BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (NYSE:BPT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Do analysts recommend USEG or BPT?

U.S. Energy presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 189.26%. Given U.S. Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe U.S. Energy is more favorable than BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U.S. Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is USEG or BPT more profitable?

BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust has a net margin of 0.00% compared to U.S. Energy's net margin of -141.51%. U.S. Energy's return on equity of -71.83% beat BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. Energy	-141.51%	-71.83%	-39.03%
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	N/A	-11,143.75%	-10,337.16%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of USEG or BPT?

3.0% of U.S. Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.9% of U.S. Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is USEG or BPT a better dividend stock?

U.S. Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 211.0%. U.S. Energy pays out -9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in USEG or BPT?

U.S. Energy received 9 more outperform votes than BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.09% of users gave BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust an outperform vote while only 51.04% of users gave U.S. Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
U.S. Energy	Outperform Votes 197 51.04%	Underperform Votes 189 48.96%
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 188 63.09%	Underperform Votes 110 36.91%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, USEG or BPT?

BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than U.S. Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
U.S. Energy	$20.62M	1.98	-$32.36M	-$0.98	-1.23
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	$6.64M	1.82	$5.60M	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to USEG or BPT?

In the previous week, U.S. Energy had 8 more articles in the media than BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for U.S. Energy and 1 mentions for BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust. U.S. Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust's score of 1.08 indicating that U.S. Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
U.S. Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, USEG or BPT?

U.S. Energy has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

U.S. Energy beats BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.