Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR) Competitors

Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE:SBR) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SBR or APA?

APA has higher revenue and earnings than Sabine Royalty Trust. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sabine 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
Sabine Royalty Trust	$83.17M	11.51	$79.64M	$5.33	12.32
APA	$9.74B	0.69	$804M	$2.78	6.71

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SBR or APA?

15.8% of Sabine Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA 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.

Do analysts rate SBR or APA?

APA has a consensus price target of $24.72, indicating a potential upside of 32.56%. Given APA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe APA is more favorable than Sabine Royalty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sabine Royalty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
APA	3 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06

Is SBR or APA a better dividend stock?

Sabine Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $5.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Sabine Royalty Trust pays out 96.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. APA pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor SBR or APA?

In the previous week, APA had 46 more articles in the media than Sabine Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for APA and 1 mentions for Sabine Royalty Trust. Sabine Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat APA's score of 0.53 indicating that Sabine Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sabine Royalty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
APA	14 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SBR or APA more profitable?

Sabine Royalty Trust has a net margin of 95.36% compared to APA's net margin of 9.75%. Sabine Royalty Trust's return on equity of 904.22% beat APA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sabine Royalty Trust	95.36%	904.22%	855.71%
APA	9.75%	23.22%	7.63%

Which has more risk and volatility, SBR or APA?

Sabine Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

APA beats Sabine Royalty Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.