Lilis Energy Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:LLEX) and Enbridge Energy Management L.L.C. (NYSE:EEQ) have been rivals in the Independent Oil & Gas for quite some time. Below is a review of each business including various aspects such as dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lilis Energy Inc.	56.30M	2.61	70.29M	-1.30	0.00
Enbridge Energy Management L.L.C.	N/A	0.00	N/A	-0.32	0.00

Demonstrates Lilis Energy Inc. and Enbridge Energy Management L.L.C. earnings per share, top-line revenue and valuation.

Profitability

Table 2 shows the return on assets, return on equity and net margins of the two firms.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lilis Energy Inc.	-124.85%	391.2%	-20.7%
Enbridge Energy Management L.L.C.	0.00%	-536.8%	-536.8%

Risk and Volatility

Lilis Energy Inc. is 178.00% less volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500 because the company has a beta of -0.78. From a competition point of view, Enbridge Energy Management L.L.C. has a 1.3 beta which is 30.00% more volatile compared to Standard & Poor’s 500.

Dividends

Meanwhile, Enbridge Energy Management L.L.C.’s annual dividend is $1.05 per share and it also boasts of a 9.99% dividend yield. No dividend is paid out by Lilis Energy Inc.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

The shares of both Lilis Energy Inc. and Enbridge Energy Management L.L.C. are owned by institutional investors at 49% and 83.2% respectively. About 11.2% of Lilis Energy Inc.’s share are held by insiders. Insiders Competitively, held 12.24% of Enbridge Energy Management L.L.C. shares.

Performance

Here are the Week, Month, Quarter, Half Year, Year and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Lilis Energy Inc.	-2.91%	-34.64%	-61.17%	-60.86%	-56.04%	-60.86%
Enbridge Energy Management L.L.C.	-3.76%	-3.41%	0.24%	16.1%	-11.07%	-11.14%

For the past year Enbridge Energy Management L.L.C. has weaker performance than Lilis Energy Inc.

Lilis Energy, Inc., an independent oil and gas company, acquires, drills for, and produces oil and natural gas properties and prospects in the United States. The company holds interests in approximately 6,924 net acres in the Delaware Basin and approximately 14,254 net acres in the Denver-Julesburg Basin. As of December 31, 2016, it had estimated proved reserves of 550,705 barrels of oil; and 3,871,506 thousand cubic feet of natural gas. The company was formerly known as Recovery Energy, Inc. and changed its name to Lilis Energy, Inc. in December 2013. Lilis Energy, Inc. is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.