PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT) Competitors

Gran Tierra Energy (NYSE:GTE) and PermRock Royalty Trust (NYSE:PRT) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, GTE or PRT?

Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PermRock Royalty Trust has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GTE or PRT?

PermRock Royalty Trust received 128 more outperform votes than Gran Tierra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Gran Tierra Energy an outperform vote while only 66.16% of users gave PermRock Royalty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gran Tierra Energy	Outperform Votes 3 75.00%	Underperform Votes 1 25.00%
PermRock Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 131 66.16%	Underperform Votes 67 33.84%

Is GTE or PRT more profitable?

PermRock Royalty Trust has a net margin of 85.33% compared to Gran Tierra Energy's net margin of 7.17%. Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity of 11.36% beat PermRock Royalty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gran Tierra Energy	7.17%	11.36%	3.28%
PermRock Royalty Trust	85.33%	6.93%	6.81%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GTE or PRT?

31.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of PermRock Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by 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.

Does the media favor GTE or PRT?

In the previous week, Gran Tierra Energy had 2 more articles in the media than PermRock Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy and 2 mentions for PermRock Royalty Trust. PermRock Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Gran Tierra Energy's score of 0.88 indicating that PermRock Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gran Tierra Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PermRock Royalty Trust	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GTE or PRT?

PermRock Royalty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gran Tierra Energy. Gran Tierra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PermRock Royalty Trust, 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	$629.50M	0.30	-$6.29M	$1.43	4.31
PermRock Royalty Trust	$6.06M	8.02	$6.26M	$0.42	9.51

Do analysts prefer GTE or PRT?

Gran Tierra Energy currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.07%. Given Gran Tierra Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gran Tierra Energy is more favorable than PermRock Royalty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gran Tierra Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
PermRock Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Gran Tierra Energy beats PermRock Royalty Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.