Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE:SBR) and Permianville Royalty Trust (NYSE:PVL) Head to Head Review

Profitability

This table compares Sabine Royalty Trust and Permianville Royalty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sabine Royalty Trust	94.85%	866.81%	819.46%
Permianville Royalty Trust	5.79%	7.06%	7.03%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.8% of Sabine Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of Permianville Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sabine Royalty Trust and Permianville Royalty Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sabine Royalty Trust	$77.18 million	13.20	$79.64 million	$5.04	13.86
Permianville Royalty Trust	$61.63 million	0.96	$5.14 million	$0.10	18.00

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

Volatility and Risk

Sabine Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permianville Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sabine Royalty Trust beats Permianville Royalty Trust on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Permianville Royalty Trust

Permianville Royalty Trust operates as a statutory trust. It is involved in the acquisition and holding of net profits interest representing the right to receive 80% of the net profits from the sale of oil and natural gas production from properties located in the states of Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. The company was formerly known as Enduro Royalty Trust and changed its name to Permianville Royalty Trust in September 2018. Permianville Royalty Trust was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Houston, Texas.