Comparing Dorchester Minerals (NASDAQ:DMLP) & North European Oil Royality Trust (NYSE:NRT)

Profitability

This table compares Dorchester Minerals and North European Oil Royality Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dorchester Minerals	47.35%	22.49%	22.12%
North European Oil Royality Trust	88.33%	343.87%	197.34%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

19.2% of Dorchester Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.0% of North European Oil Royality Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Dorchester Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of North European Oil Royality Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Dorchester Minerals and North European Oil Royality Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dorchester Minerals	$161.52 million	7.57	$89.20 million	$1.72	15.02
North European Oil Royality Trust	$5.78 million	8.79	$5.06 million	$0.56	9.88

Dorchester Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than North European Oil Royality Trust. North European Oil Royality Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorchester Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Dorchester Minerals pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. North European Oil Royality Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.8%. Dorchester Minerals pays out 144.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. North European Oil Royality Trust pays out 185.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Dorchester Minerals beats North European Oil Royality Trust on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dorchester Minerals

Dorchester Minerals, L.P. engages in the acquisition, ownership, and administration of royalty properties in the United States. Its royalty properties include producing and nonproducing mineral, royalty, overriding royalty, net profits, and leasehold interests in 593 counties and parishes in 28 states; and net profits interests represent net profits overriding royalty interests in various properties owned by the operating partnership. Dorchester Minerals Management LP serves as the general partner of Dorchester Minerals, L.P. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

About North European Oil Royality Trust

North European Oil Royalty Trust, a grantor trust, holds overriding royalty rights covering gas and oil production in various concessions or leases in the Federal Republic of Germany. The company also has rights under contracts with German exploration and development subsidiaries of ExxonMobil Corp. and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies. In addition, it holds royalties for the sale of gas well gas, oil well gas, crude oil, condensate, and sulfur. North European Oil Royalty Trust was founded in 1975 and is based in Keene, New Hampshire.