Financial Survey: Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust (OTCMKTS:CHKR) & Alvopetro Energy (OTCMKTS:ALVOF)

Dividends

Alvopetro Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Alvopetro Energy pays out 93.0% 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 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk and Volatility

Alvopetro Energy has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Alvopetro Energy and Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alvopetro Energy	$59.69 million	2.23	$28.52 million	$0.43	8.49
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust	$10.69 million	1.79	$8.05 million	$0.10	4.10

Alvopetro Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust. Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alvopetro Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Alvopetro Energy and Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alvopetro Energy	29.06%	27.00%	21.92%
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust	64.37%	42.41%	42.41%

Summary

Alvopetro Energy beats Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alvopetro Energy

Alvopetro Energy Ltd. operates as an independent upstream and midstream operator. It engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbons. The company holds interests in the Caburé and Murucututu natural gas assets, Block 182 and 183 exploration assets, and Bom Lugar and Mãe-da-lua oil fields, which covers an area of approximately 22,166 acres in the Recôncavo basin onshore Brazil. Alvopetro Energy Ltd. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

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.