VOC Energy Trust (VOC) & Its Peers Head to Head Comparison

VOC Energy Trust (NYSE:VOC) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare VOC Energy Trust to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

VOC Energy Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.4%. VOC Energy Trust pays out 185.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.1% and pay out -125.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares VOC Energy Trust and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
VOC Energy Trust	$7.52 million	$7.39 million	7.02
VOC Energy Trust Competitors	$273.12 billion	$5.52 billion	-0.92

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies 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.

Profitability

This table compares VOC Energy Trust and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VOC Energy Trust	91.51%	68.92%	68.92%
VOC Energy Trust Competitors	-455.90%	20.13%	6.34%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for VOC Energy Trust and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VOC Energy Trust	1	0	0	0	1.00
VOC Energy Trust Competitors	5982	26999	40863	2423	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 28.62%. Given VOC Energy Trust’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VOC Energy Trust has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility and Risk

VOC Energy Trust has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VOC Energy Trust’s competitors have a beta of -3.75, suggesting that their average stock price is 475% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

VOC Energy Trust competitors beat VOC Energy Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About VOC Energy Trust

VOC Energy Trust acquires and holds a term net profits interest of the net proceeds from production and sale of the interests in oil and natural gas properties in the states of Kansas and Texas. The company has an 80% term net profits interest of the net proceeds on the underlying properties. As of December 31, 2021, its underlying properties had interests in 452.5 net producing wells and 51,147.2 net acres. VOC Energy Trust was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Houston, Texas.