Head to Head Survey: Dorchester Minerals (NASDAQ:DMLP) & Hugoton Royalty Trust (OTCMKTS:HGTXU)

Profitability

This table compares Dorchester Minerals and Hugoton Royalty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dorchester Minerals	47.35%	22.49%	22.12%
Hugoton Royalty Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

19.2% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of Hugoton Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Dorchester Minerals and Hugoton Royalty Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dorchester Minerals	$161.52 million	7.25	$89.20 million	$1.72	14.37
Hugoton Royalty Trust	$11.53 million	1.39	$10.80 million	$0.27	1.48

Dorchester Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Hugoton Royalty Trust. Hugoton Royalty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorchester Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Dorchester Minerals has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hugoton Royalty Trust has a beta of -0.67, suggesting that its share price is 167% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dorchester Minerals beats Hugoton Royalty Trust on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dorchester Minerals

Dorchester Minerals, L.P. engages in the acquisition, ownership, and administration of royalty properties in the United States. Its royalty properties include producing and nonproducing mineral, royalty, overriding royalty, net profits, and leasehold interests in 593 counties and parishes in 28 states; and net profits interests represent net profits overriding royalty interests in various properties owned by the operating partnership. Dorchester Minerals Management LP serves as the general partner of Dorchester Minerals, L.P. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

About Hugoton Royalty Trust

Hugoton Royalty Trust operates as an express trust in the United States. It holds 80% net profits interests in various natural gas producing working interest properties in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming under conveyances. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Dallas, Texas.