Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT) & The Competition Head to Head Contrast

Risk and Volatility

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust’s peers have a beta of 0.33, suggesting that their average share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	87.50%	243.41%	150.00%
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Competitors	57.68%	1,199.90%	167.41%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

9.7% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.4% of shares of all “OIL – US RYLTY TR” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of shares of all “OIL – US RYLTY TR” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays out 43.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “OIL – US RYLTY TR” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.8% and pay out 130.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cross Timbers Royalty Trust and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	$6.78 million	$6.54 million	9.87
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Competitors	$82.90 million	$18.27 million	25.61

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Cross Timbers Royalty Trust. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust peers beat Cross Timbers Royalty Trust on 8 of the 11 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.