Financial Survey: Pedevco (NYSEAMERICAN:PED) and ECA Marcellus Trust I (OTCMKTS:ECT)

ECA Marcellus Trust I (OTCMKTS:ECT) and Pedevco (NYSEAMERICAN:PED) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for ECA Marcellus Trust I and Pedevco, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ECA Marcellus Trust I	0	0	0	0	0.00
Pedevco	0	1	1	1	3.00

Pedevco has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 65.02%. Given Pedevco’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pedevco is more favorable than ECA Marcellus Trust I.

Risk and Volatility

ECA Marcellus Trust I has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pedevco has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.0% of ECA Marcellus Trust I shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Pedevco shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.4% of Pedevco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares ECA Marcellus Trust I and Pedevco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ECA Marcellus Trust I	46.53%	4.37%	4.32%
Pedevco	28.75%	7.99%	6.93%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ECA Marcellus Trust I and Pedevco”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ECA Marcellus Trust I	$4.15 million	1.70	$2.90 million	N/A	N/A
Pedevco	$39.55 million	2.20	$17.79 million	$0.03	606.20

Pedevco has higher revenue and earnings than ECA Marcellus Trust I.

Summary

Pedevco beats ECA Marcellus Trust I on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ECA Marcellus Trust I

ECA Marcellus Trust I is a statutory trust. It owns royalty interest in producing wells and development wells. It also acquires horizontal natural gas development wells to be drilled to the Marcellus Shale formation. The company was founded in March 2010 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

About Pedevco

PEDEVCO Corp., an oil and gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, and production of oil and natural gas assets in the United States. It holds interests in the Permian Basin asset covering an area of approximately 22,721 net acres located in New Mexico; and D-J Basin asset covering an area of approximately 19,214 net acres located in Wyoming. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.