Reviewing Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT) and Its Rivals

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Cross Timbers Royalty Trust and its peers, 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	5969	26954	40782	2410	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 22.55%. Given Cross Timbers Royalty Trust’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

9.7% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust’s peers have a beta of -3.69, indicating that their average stock price is 469% 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	74.04%	147.68%	81.96%
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Competitors	-470.89%	19.08%	6.33%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	$5.79 million	$6.15 million	24.47
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Competitors	$10.81 billion	$5.51 billion	-0.31

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust’s peers 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 peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.7%. 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 8.7% and pay out -121.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust peers 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.