Mexco Energy (MXC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MVO or MXC?

MV Oil Trust received 165 more outperform votes than Mexco Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.89% of users gave MV Oil Trust an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Mexco Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MV Oil Trust	Outperform Votes 165 60.89%	Underperform Votes 106 39.11%
Mexco Energy	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 66 100.00%

Which has more volatility and risk, MVO or MXC?

MV Oil Trust has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MVO or MXC?

3.5% of MV Oil Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 53.1% of Mexco Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MVO or MXC?

MV Oil Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Mexco Energy. MV Oil Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mexco 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	4.65	$16.79M	$1.59	4.59
Mexco Energy	$6.61M	3.95	$1.35M	$0.57	22.37

Is MVO or MXC more profitable?

MV Oil Trust has a net margin of 95.53% compared to Mexco Energy's net margin of 17.59%. Mexco Energy's return on equity of 6.94% 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%
Mexco Energy	17.59%	6.94%	6.37%

Does the media favor MVO or MXC?

In the previous week, Mexco Energy had 2 more articles in the media than MV Oil Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mexco Energy and 0 mentions for MV Oil Trust. Mexco Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat MV Oil Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Mexco Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MV Oil Trust	Neutral
Mexco Energy	Positive

Summary

MV Oil Trust beats Mexco Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.