Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) versus Black Dragon Resource Companies (OTCMKTS:BDGR) Critical Contrast

Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) and Black Dragon Resource Companies (OTCMKTS:BDGR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Black Stone Minerals and Black Dragon Resource Companies’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Black Stone Minerals	$592.22 million	5.56	$422.55 million	$1.54	10.18
Black Dragon Resource Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Black Stone Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Black Dragon Resource Companies.

Risk and Volatility

Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Dragon Resource Companies has a beta of -0.36, suggesting that its share price is 136% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Black Stone Minerals and Black Dragon Resource Companies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Black Stone Minerals	0	3	1	0	2.25
Black Dragon Resource Companies	0	0	0	0	N/A

Black Stone Minerals presently has a consensus target price of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.38%. Given Black Stone Minerals’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Black Stone Minerals is more favorable than Black Dragon Resource Companies.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 19.6% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Black Stone Minerals and Black Dragon Resource Companies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Black Stone Minerals	66.29%	38.71%	27.84%
Black Dragon Resource Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Black Stone Minerals beats Black Dragon Resource Companies on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Black Stone Minerals

Black Stone Minerals, L.P., together with its subsidiaries, owns and manages oil and natural gas mineral interests. It owns mineral interests in approximately 16.8 million gross acres, nonparticipating royalty interests in 1.8 million gross acres, and overriding royalty interests in 1.6 million gross acres located in 41 states in the United States. The company was founded in 1876 and is based in Houston, Texas.

About Black Dragon Resource Companies

Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. operates as a distributor of rare art via blockchain-based technologies or non-fungible tokens. The company was formerly known as Black Dragon Resource, Inc. and changed its name to Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. in December 2004. Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of ProTek Capital, Inc.