San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT) Competitors

Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE:SBR) and San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:SJT) are both small-cap 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.

Is SBR or SJT more profitable?

Sabine Royalty Trust has a net margin of 96.72% compared to San Juan Basin Royalty Trust's net margin of 79.69%. Sabine Royalty Trust's return on equity of 1,088.44% beat San Juan Basin Royalty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sabine Royalty Trust	96.72%	1,088.44%	1,012.45%
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust	79.69%	325.20%	192.38%

Which has more risk and volatility, SBR or SJT?

Sabine Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, San Juan Basin Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SBR or SJT?

In the previous week, San Juan Basin Royalty Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Sabine Royalty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for San Juan Basin Royalty Trust and 1 mentions for Sabine Royalty Trust. Sabine Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat San Juan Basin Royalty Trust'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)	Very Positive
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SBR or SJT?

Sabine Royalty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than San Juan Basin Royalty Trust. Sabine Royalty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than San Juan Basin 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	$82.57M	11.67	$90.25M	$5.46	12.11
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust	$6.95M	39.72	$51.64M	$0.11	53.81

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SBR or SJT?

Sabine Royalty Trust received 118 more outperform votes than San Juan Basin Royalty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.83% of users gave Sabine Royalty Trust an outperform vote while only 55.62% of users gave San Juan Basin Royalty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sabine Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 321 74.83%	Underperform Votes 108 25.17%
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust	Outperform Votes 203 55.62%	Underperform Votes 162 44.38%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SBR or SJT?

15.8% of Sabine Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.4% of San Juan Basin Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SBR or SJT a better dividend stock?

Sabine Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $6.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. San Juan Basin Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Sabine Royalty Trust pays out 110.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. San Juan Basin Royalty Trust pays out 245.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sabine Royalty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Sabine Royalty Trust beats San Juan Basin Royalty Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.