PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT) Competitors

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

Does the media favor GTE or PRT?

In the previous week, Gran Tierra Energy had 1 more articles in the media than PermRock Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy and 3 mentions for PermRock Royalty Trust. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat PermRock Royalty Trust's score of -0.29 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PermRock Royalty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GTE or PRT?

PermRock Royalty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gran Tierra Energy. PermRock Royalty 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	31.75
PermRock Royalty Trust	$6.06M	8.68	$6.26M	$0.42	10.30

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 believe 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. 6.5% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, GTE or PRT?

Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PermRock Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GTE or PRT?

PermRock Royalty Trust received 126 more outperform votes than Gran Tierra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.16% of users gave PermRock Royalty Trust an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Gran Tierra Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gran Tierra Energy	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%
PermRock Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 131 66.16%	Underperform Votes 67 33.84%

Summary

PermRock Royalty Trust beats Gran Tierra Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.