Reviewing Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) & Black Dragon Resource Companies (OTCMKTS:BDGR)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations 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 currently has a consensus price target of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.34%.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 19.6% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

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

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Black Stone Minerals and Black Dragon Resource Companies’ gross 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	5.57	$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.

Summary

Black Stone Minerals beats Black Dragon Resource Companies on 8 of the 8 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.