Head to Head Comparison: Vivakor (VIVKD) vs. Its Competitors

Vivakor (OTCMKTS:VIVKD) is one of 271 publicly-traded companies in the “IT Services” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Vivakor to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Vivakor and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vivakor	-105.57%	-141.06%	-56.70%
Vivakor Competitors	-189.78%	-32.45%	-8.29%

Risk & Volatility

Vivakor has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivakor’s competitors have a beta of 2.16, indicating that their average stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Vivakor and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vivakor	1	0	0	0	1.00
Vivakor Competitors	1992	5653	9473	342	2.47

As a group, “IT Services” companies have a potential upside of 30.49%. Given Vivakor’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vivakor has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

12.3% of Vivakor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Vivakor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of shares of all “IT Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vivakor and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vivakor	$104.42 million	-$110.23 million	-0.00
Vivakor Competitors	$3.32 billion	$227.06 million	-23.54

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

Summary

Vivakor competitors beat Vivakor on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Vivakor Company Profile

Vivakor, Inc. operates, acquires, and develops technologies and assets in the oil and gas industry and related environmental solutions in the United States and Kuwait. The company owns and operates a crude oil gathering, storage, and transportation facility in Delhi, Louisiana. It also owns a crude oil storage tank located near Colorado City, Texas. In addition, the company offers remediation of soil and the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as oil from properties contaminated by or laden with heavy crude oil and other hydrocarbon-based substances. The company was formerly known as NGI Holdings, LLC and changed its name to Vivakor, Inc. in April 2008. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Dallas, Texas.