Contrasting Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT) & Its Rivals

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (NYSE:CRT) is one of 1,051 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Cross Timbers Royalty Trust to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Cross Timbers Royalty Trust and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	74.04%	147.68%	81.96%
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Competitors	-469.71%	19.37%	6.42%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

9.7% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Cross Timbers Royalty Trust and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	0	1	0	0	2.00
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Competitors	5976	26976	40833	2413	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 28.82%. Given Cross Timbers Royalty Trust’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Dividends

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.3%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays out 628.3% 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 -123.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cross Timbers Royalty Trust and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	$4.25 million	$6.15 million	23.90
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Competitors	$273.06 billion	$5.52 billion	-0.43

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Cross Timbers Royalty Trust. Cross Timbers Royalty 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.

Risk & Volatility

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust’s competitors have a beta of -3.76, suggesting that their average stock price is 476% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust competitors beat Cross Timbers Royalty Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Cross Timbers Royalty Trust

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust operates as an express trust in the United States. It holds 90% net profits interests in certain producing and nonproducing royalty and overriding royalty interest properties in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico; and 75% net profits working interest in four properties in Texas and three properties in Oklahoma. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Dallas, Texas.