Head-To-Head Contrast: Marine Petroleum Trust (MARPS) and Its Competitors

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.8% of Marine Petroleum Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.4% of shares of all “OIL – US RYLTY TR” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of shares of all “OIL – US RYLTY TR” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Marine Petroleum Trust and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Marine Petroleum Trust	$997,975.00	$710,000.00	11.84
Marine Petroleum Trust Competitors	$82.90 million	$18.27 million	25.61

Marine Petroleum Trust’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Marine Petroleum Trust. Marine Petroleum Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Marine Petroleum Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Marine Petroleum Trust pays out 118.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “OIL – US RYLTY TR” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.8% and pay out 130.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Marine Petroleum Trust is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Marine Petroleum Trust and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marine Petroleum Trust	70.17%	75.91%	75.91%
Marine Petroleum Trust Competitors	57.68%	1,199.90%	167.41%

Risk and Volatility

Marine Petroleum Trust has a beta of -0.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marine Petroleum Trust’s peers have a beta of 0.33, indicating that their average stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Marine Petroleum Trust peers beat Marine Petroleum Trust on 8 of the 11 factors compared.

Marine Petroleum Trust Company Profile

Marine Petroleum Trust, together with its subsidiary, Marine Petroleum Corporation, operates as a royalty trust in the United States. It has overriding royalty interest in oil and natural gas leases in the Central and Western areas of the Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas. Marine Petroleum Trust was founded in 1956 and is based in Dallas, Texas.