MV Oil Trust (MVO) Competitors

MV Oil Trust (NYSE:MVO) and Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Do analysts rate MVO or RNGR?

Ranger Energy Services has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 24.52%. Given Ranger Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ranger Energy Services is more favorable than MV Oil Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MV Oil Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ranger Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MVO or RNGR?

Ranger Energy Services received 105 more outperform votes than MV Oil Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.21% of users gave Ranger Energy Services an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave MV Oil Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MV Oil Trust	Outperform Votes 165 60.89%	Underperform Votes 106 39.11%
Ranger Energy Services	Outperform Votes 270 62.21%	Underperform Votes 164 37.79%

Which has more volatility and risk, MVO or RNGR?

MV Oil Trust has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ranger Energy Services has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MVO or RNGR a better dividend stock?

MV Oil Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. Ranger Energy Services pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. MV Oil Trust pays out 83.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ranger Energy Services pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is MVO or RNGR more profitable?

MV Oil Trust has a net margin of 95.53% compared to Ranger Energy Services' net margin of 2.54%. Ranger Energy Services' return on equity of 5.54% beat MV Oil Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MV Oil Trust	95.53%	N/A	378.11%
Ranger Energy Services	2.54%	5.54%	4.01%

Does the media prefer MVO or RNGR?

In the previous week, Ranger Energy Services had 2 more articles in the media than MV Oil Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ranger Energy Services and 0 mentions for MV Oil Trust. Ranger Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat MV Oil Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Ranger Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MV Oil Trust	Neutral
Ranger Energy Services	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MVO or RNGR?

3.5% of MV Oil Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Ranger Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Ranger Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MVO or RNGR?

Ranger Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than MV Oil Trust. MV Oil Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ranger Energy Services, 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
MV Oil Trust	$18.07M	5.78	$16.79M	$1.59	5.71
Ranger Energy Services	$636.60M	0.58	$23.80M	$0.66	25.09

Summary

Ranger Energy Services beats MV Oil Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.