Permianville Royalty Trust (NYSE:PVL) vs. Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) Financial Comparison

Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) and Permianville Royalty Trust (NYSE:PVL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amplify Energy	10.62%	-3.01%	-2.07%
Permianville Royalty Trust	11.30%	15.04%	15.03%

Volatility and Risk

Amplify Energy has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permianville Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

42.8% of Amplify Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of Permianville Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Amplify Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amplify Energy	$263.36 million	0.71	$43.97 million	$0.45	9.99
Permianville Royalty Trust	$47.08 million	1.28	$4.72 million	$0.17	10.71

Amplify Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Permianville Royalty Trust. Amplify Energy 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Amplify Energy and Permianville Royalty Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amplify Energy	1	0	1	0	2.00
Permianville Royalty Trust	0	1	0	0	2.00

Amplify Energy currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 100.27%. Given Amplify Energy’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Amplify Energy is more favorable than Permianville Royalty Trust.

Summary

Amplify Energy beats Permianville Royalty Trust on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amplify Energy

Amplify Energy Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. The company’s properties consist of operated and non-operated working interests in producing and undeveloped leasehold acreage, as well as working interests in identified producing wells located in Oklahoma, the Rockies, federal waters offshore Southern California, East Texas/North Louisiana, and Eagle Ford. The company is based in Houston, 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.