Financial Contrast: Vivakor (VIVK) and The Competition

Volatility and Risk

Vivakor has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivakor’s peers have a beta of -13.69, indicating that their average share price is 1,469% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Vivakor and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vivakor	$111.13 million	-$22.19 million	-0.84
Vivakor Competitors	$1.25 billion	$35.68 million	-15.05

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

Profitability

This table compares Vivakor and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vivakor	-25.05%	-27.54%	-11.08%
Vivakor Competitors	-269.09%	-105.35%	-20.64%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.3% of Vivakor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 47.8% of Vivakor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of shares of all “Technology Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vivakor beats its peers on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About Vivakor

Vivakor, Inc. operates, acquires, and develops technologies and assets in the oil and gas industry and related environmental solutions in the United States and Kuwait. The company owns and operates a crude oil gathering, storage, and transportation facility in Delhi, Louisiana. It also owns a crude oil storage tank located near Colorado City, Texas. In addition, the company offers remediation of soil and the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as oil from properties contaminated by or laden with heavy crude oil and other hydrocarbon-based substances. The company was formerly known as NGI Holdings, LLC and changed its name to Vivakor, Inc. in April 2008. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Dallas, Texas.