MV Oil Trust (MVO) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, MVO or EPSN?

MV Oil Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Epsilon Energy has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MVO or EPSN?

MV Oil Trust received 148 more outperform votes than Epsilon Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% of users gave Epsilon Energy an outperform vote while only 60.97% of users gave MV Oil Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MV Oil Trust	Outperform Votes 164 60.97%	Underperform Votes 105 39.03%
Epsilon Energy	Outperform Votes 16 61.54%	Underperform Votes 10 38.46%

Does the media favor MVO or EPSN?

In the previous week, Epsilon Energy had 2 more articles in the media than MV Oil Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Epsilon Energy and 0 mentions for MV Oil Trust. MV Oil Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Epsilon Energy's score of 0.67 indicating that MV Oil Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MV Oil Trust	Positive
Epsilon Energy	Positive

Is MVO or EPSN a better dividend stock?

MV Oil Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.9%. Epsilon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. MV Oil Trust pays out 86.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Epsilon Energy pays out 108.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MV Oil Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer MVO or EPSN?

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)	N/A
Epsilon Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

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

3.5% of MV Oil Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Epsilon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Epsilon Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MVO or EPSN more profitable?

MV Oil Trust has a net margin of 94.48% compared to Epsilon Energy's net margin of 16.77%. Epsilon Energy's return on equity of 4.89% beat MV Oil Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MV Oil Trust	94.48%	N/A	305.87%
Epsilon Energy	16.77%	4.89%	4.02%

Which has better valuation & earnings, MVO or EPSN?

MV Oil Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Epsilon Energy. MV Oil Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Epsilon 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
MV Oil Trust	$18.07M	6.04	$16.79M	$1.53	6.20
Epsilon Energy	$30.73M	3.82	$6.95M	$0.23	23.31

Summary

MV Oil Trust beats Epsilon Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.