MV Oil Trust (MVO) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, GTE or MVO?

Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MV Oil Trust has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GTE or MVO?

MV Oil Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gran Tierra Energy. MV Oil Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gran Tierra Energy, 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
Gran Tierra Energy	$621.85M	0.29	-$6.29M	$0.16	31.91
MV Oil Trust	$18.58M	3.61	$16.79M	$2.23	2.61

Is GTE or MVO more profitable?

MV Oil Trust has a net margin of 95.53% compared to Gran Tierra Energy's net margin of 7.17%. Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity of 11.36% beat MV Oil Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gran Tierra Energy	7.17%	11.36%	3.28%
MV Oil Trust	95.53%	N/A	378.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GTE or MVO?

MV Oil Trust received 160 more outperform votes than Gran Tierra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Gran Tierra Energy an outperform vote while only 60.44% of users gave MV Oil Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gran Tierra Energy	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%
MV Oil Trust	Outperform Votes 165 60.44%	Underperform Votes 108 39.56%

Does the media favor GTE or MVO?

In the previous week, Gran Tierra Energy and Gran Tierra Energy both had 5 articles in the media. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat MV Oil Trust's score of 0.88 indicating that Gran Tierra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gran Tierra Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MV Oil Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GTE or MVO?

31.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.5% of MV Oil Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Gran Tierra Energy and MV Oil Trust tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.