Head-To-Head Survey: VOC Energy Trust (NYSE:VOC) and Inplay Oil Cp (OTCMKTS:IPOOF)

Inplay Oil Cp (OTCMKTS:IPOOF) and VOC Energy Trust (NYSE:VOC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Inplay Oil Cp has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VOC Energy Trust has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Inplay Oil Cp and VOC Energy Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inplay Oil Cp	0	1	0	0	2.00
VOC Energy Trust	1	0	0	0	1.00

Dividends

Inplay Oil Cp pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. VOC Energy Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 33.0%. Inplay Oil Cp pays out -195.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VOC Energy Trust pays out 273.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Profitability

This table compares Inplay Oil Cp and VOC Energy Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inplay Oil Cp	-3.70%	4.89%	1.54%
VOC Energy Trust	91.51%	68.92%	68.92%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Inplay Oil Cp and VOC Energy Trust”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inplay Oil Cp	$208.55 million	1.78	-$5.61 million	($0.40)	-33.42
VOC Energy Trust	$8.62 million	6.69	$7.39 million	$0.41	8.27

VOC Energy Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Inplay Oil Cp. Inplay Oil Cp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VOC Energy Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

VOC Energy Trust beats Inplay Oil Cp on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Inplay Oil Cp

InPlay Oil Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of petroleum and natural gas properties in Canada. The company produces and sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. It focuses on light oil asset base located in West Central, Alberta. InPlay Oil Corp. is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About VOC Energy Trust

VOC Energy Trust acquires and holds a term net profits interest of the net proceeds from production and sale of the interests in oil and natural gas properties in the states of Kansas and Texas. The company has an 80% term net profits interest of the net proceeds on the underlying properties. As of December 31, 2021, its underlying properties had interests in 452.5 net producing wells and 51,147.2 net acres. VOC Energy Trust was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Houston, Texas.