Financial Analysis: AMEN Properties (AMEN) versus Its Peers

Risk and Volatility

AMEN Properties has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMEN Properties’ peers have a beta of 0.49, meaning that their average share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares AMEN Properties and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMEN Properties	182.84%	30.63%	26.22%
AMEN Properties Competitors	10.69%	2.01%	2.98%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares AMEN Properties and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
AMEN Properties	$2.35 million	$1.70 million	108.92
AMEN Properties Competitors	$895.95 million	$136.32 million	-3.78

AMEN Properties’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than AMEN Properties. AMEN Properties is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

AMEN Properties pays an annual dividend of $50.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. AMEN Properties pays out 947.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “INTERNET CONTENT” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.7% and pay out 737.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. AMEN Properties lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

40.8% of shares of all “INTERNET CONTENT” companies are owned by institutional investors. 30.3% of AMEN Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of shares of all “INTERNET CONTENT” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AMEN Properties peers beat AMEN Properties on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

About AMEN Properties

AMEN Properties, Inc. owns oil and gas royalty and working interests in various oil and gas properties in the United States. It holds interests in oil gas and gas royalties through its ownership of SFF Royalty, LLC; and 100% interests in SFF Production, LLC. The company was formerly known as Crosswalk.com, Inc. and changed its name to AMEN Properties, Inc. in October 2002. AMEN Properties, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Richardson, Texas.