SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) and Permianville Royalty Trust (NYSE:PVL) Financial Survey

SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) and Permianville Royalty Trust (NYSE:PVL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SilverBow Resources	24.41%	16.48%	7.66%
Permianville Royalty Trust	22.92%	17.89%	17.86%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SilverBow Resources and Permianville Royalty Trust’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SilverBow Resources	$652.36 million	1.44	$297.72 million	$7.40	4.98
Permianville Royalty Trust	$45.21 million	1.13	$10.60 million	$0.30	5.17

SilverBow Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Permianville Royalty Trust. SilverBow Resources 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.

Risk and Volatility

SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.58, meaning that its share price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permianville Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for SilverBow Resources and Permianville Royalty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SilverBow Resources	0	4	3	0	2.43
Permianville Royalty Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A

SilverBow Resources presently has a consensus price target of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.12%. Given SilverBow Resources’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SilverBow Resources is more favorable than Permianville Royalty Trust.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.8% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of Permianville Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SilverBow Resources beats Permianville Royalty Trust on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SilverBow Resources

SilverBow Resources, Inc., an independent oil and gas company, exploration, develops, acquires, and operates oil and natural gas properties in the Eagle Ford shale and Austin Chalk located in South Texas. The company was formerly known as Swift Energy Company and changed its name to SilverBow Resources, Inc. in May 2017. SilverBow Resources, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered 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.