Head-To-Head Contrast: Black Dragon Resource Companies (OTCMKTS:BDGR) and Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM)

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

Volatility & Risk

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

Profitability

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

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Black Dragon Resource Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Black Stone Minerals	$592.22 million	5.57	$422.55 million	$1.54	10.18

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Black Dragon Resource Companies and Black Stone Minerals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

Black Stone Minerals has a consensus target price of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.34%.

Institutional and Insider 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Black Stone Minerals beats Black Dragon Resource Companies on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.