Analyzing Kolibri Global Energy (NASDAQ:KGEI) and Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:PBT)

Kolibri Global Energy (NASDAQ:KGEI) and Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:PBT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

27.3% of Kolibri Global Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of Permian Basin Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Kolibri Global Energy and Permian Basin Royalty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kolibri Global Energy	0	2	0	0	2.00
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	0	1	0	0	2.00

Volatility and Risk

Kolibri Global Energy has a beta of -0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 156% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Basin Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Kolibri Global Energy and Permian Basin Royalty Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kolibri Global Energy	$57.42 million	3.82	$15.48 million	$0.53	11.55
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	$16.13 million	90.39	$14.30 million	$0.35	89.37

Kolibri Global Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Permian Basin Royalty Trust. Kolibri Global Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Basin Royalty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Kolibri Global Energy and Permian Basin Royalty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kolibri Global Energy	26.87%	10.93%	7.72%
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	91.96%	9,990.08%	510.19%

Summary

Permian Basin Royalty Trust beats Kolibri Global Energy on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kolibri Global Energy

Kolibri Global Energy Inc. engages in the finding and exploiting oil, gas, and clean and sustainable energy in the United States. It sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company was formerly known as BNK Petroleum Inc. and changed its name to Kolibri Global Energy Inc. in November 2020. Kolibri Global Energy Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.

About Permian Basin Royalty Trust

Permian Basin Royalty Trust, an express trust, holds royalty interests in various oil and gas properties in the United States. The company holds a 75% net overriding royalty interest in the Waddell Ranch properties, including Dune, Sand Hills (Judkins), Sand Hills (McKnight), Sand Hills (Tubb), University-Waddell (Devonian) and Waddell fields in Crane County, Texas. It also holds a 95% net overriding royalty in the Texas Royalty properties, which consist of various producing oil fields, such as Yates, Wasson, Sand Hills, East Texas, Kelly-Snyder, Panhandle Regular, N. Cowden, Todd, Keystone, Kermit, McElroy, Howard-Glasscock, Seminole, and others located in Texas. Its Texas Royalty properties comprise approximately 125 separate royalty interests containing approximately 51,000 net producing acres. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in Dallas, Texas.