Financial Analysis: Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE:SBR) and Pioneer Oil & Gas (OTCMKTS:POGS)

Pioneer Oil & Gas (OTCMKTS:POGS) and Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE:SBR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

Pioneer Oil & Gas has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sabine Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Pioneer Oil & Gas and Sabine Royalty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pioneer Oil & Gas	0	0	0	0	0.00
Sabine Royalty Trust	0	1	0	0	2.00

Profitability

This table compares Pioneer Oil & Gas and Sabine Royalty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pioneer Oil & Gas	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sabine Royalty Trust	94.85%	866.81%	819.46%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.8% of Sabine Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pioneer Oil & Gas and Sabine Royalty Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pioneer Oil & Gas	$220,000.00	1.78	-$140,000.00	N/A	N/A
Sabine Royalty Trust	$82.92 million	13.61	$79.64 million	$5.43	14.25

Sabine Royalty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Pioneer Oil & Gas.

Summary

Sabine Royalty Trust beats Pioneer Oil & Gas on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pioneer Oil & Gas

Pioneer Oil and Gas engages in acquiring, developing, producing, and selling oil and gas properties to companies located in the continental United States. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in South Jordan, Utah.

About Sabine Royalty Trust

Sabine Royalty Trust holds royalty and mineral interests in various producing oil and gas properties in the United States. Its royalty and mineral interests include landowner's royalties, overriding royalty interests, minerals, production payments, and other similar non-participatory interest in certain producing and proved undeveloped oil and gas properties located in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Sabine Royalty Trust was founded in 1982 and is based in Dallas, Texas.