VOC Energy Trust (VOC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GTE or VOC?

VOC Energy Trust received 128 more outperform votes than Gran Tierra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Gran Tierra Energy an outperform vote while only 51.55% of users gave VOC Energy Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gran Tierra Energy	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%
VOC Energy Trust	Outperform Votes 133 51.55%	Underperform Votes 125 48.45%

Which has more volatility and risk, GTE or VOC?

Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VOC Energy Trust has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GTE or VOC?

31.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, GTE or VOC?

VOC Energy Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gran Tierra Energy. VOC Energy 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	0.27	-$6.29M	$0.16	29.65
VOC Energy Trust	$13.62M	4.11	$15.22M	$0.73	4.51

Is GTE or VOC more profitable?

VOC Energy Trust has a net margin of 90.84% compared to Gran Tierra Energy's net margin of 7.17%. VOC Energy Trust's return on equity of 102.62% beat Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gran Tierra Energy	7.17%	11.36%	3.28%
VOC Energy Trust	90.84%	102.62%	102.62%

Does the media prefer GTE or VOC?

In the previous week, Gran Tierra Energy had 9 more articles in the media than VOC Energy Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy and 3 mentions for VOC Energy Trust. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat VOC Energy Trust's score of 1.44 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
VOC Energy Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

VOC Energy Trust beats Gran Tierra Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.