Insider and Institutional Ownership
1.8% of Marine Petroleum Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Marine Petroleum Trust and Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust’s 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% |
| Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust | 64.76% | 40.74% | 40.74% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Marine Petroleum Trust and Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Marine Petroleum Trust | $1.04 million | 9.65 | $710,000.00 | $0.37 | 13.57 |
| Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust | $6.45 million | 3.29 | $4.23 million | $0.09 | 5.04 |
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Marine Petroleum Trust. Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marine Petroleum Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dividends
Marine Petroleum Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. 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. Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust pays out 77.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Volatility & Risk
Marine Petroleum Trust has a beta of -0.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Marine Petroleum Trust beats Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Marine Petroleum Trust
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.
About Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust owns royalty interests in oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas properties located in the Colony Granite Wash play in Washita County in the Anadarko Basin of Western Oklahoma. It has royalty interests in 69 producing wells and 118 development wells, and in approximately 26,400 net acres of area. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Houston, Texas.
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