MV Oil Trust acquires and holds term net profits interests in the oil and natural gas properties of MV Partners, LLC. Its properties are located in the Mid-Continent region in the states of Kansas and Colorado. MV Oil Trust was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Houston, Texas.
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Consistently Above PeersGross margin at 99.9% (top 6%) and operating margin at 92.0% (top 1%) indicate strong pricing power.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 1.00), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Key risks
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.32), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
MV Oil Trust ranks #10 of 93
scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score — the top 11%.
The widest moat in the group is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL)
at 84/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near MVO in Oil & Gas E&P
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 77
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 21
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 76
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 14
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 91
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
MV Oil Trust (MVO) scores 70 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #10 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P, the top 11%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (98/100) and its weakest is Resilience (14/100).
How does MV Oil Trust compare with other Oil & Gas E&P companies?
MV Oil Trust ranks #10 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas E&P is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation (MGY) at 71 just above it and Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR) at 70 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is MV Oil Trust scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for MV Oil Trust?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and MVO scores: Pricing Power (98), Cost Advantage (77), Customer Stickiness (21), Capital Efficiency (76), Resilience (14), Scale & Market Position (91). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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