Dorchester Minerals (DMLP) Competitors

Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP) and Dorchester Minerals (NASDAQ:DMLP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend KRP or DMLP?

Kimbell Royalty Partners currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.07%. Given Dorchester Minerals' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kimbell Royalty Partners is more favorable than Dorchester Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kimbell Royalty Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14
Dorchester Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better valuation and earnings, KRP or DMLP?

Dorchester Minerals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kimbell Royalty Partners. Dorchester Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimbell Royalty Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kimbell Royalty Partners	$294.07M	5.45	$66.54M	$0.60	27.98
Dorchester Minerals	$163.80M	7.92	$110.39M	$2.57	12.58

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KRP or DMLP?

Kimbell Royalty Partners received 127 more outperform votes than Dorchester Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.26% of users gave Kimbell Royalty Partners an outperform vote while only 64.55% of users gave Dorchester Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kimbell Royalty Partners	Outperform Votes 300 71.26%	Underperform Votes 121 28.74%
Dorchester Minerals	Outperform Votes 173 64.55%	Underperform Votes 95 35.45%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in KRP or DMLP?

25.8% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is KRP or DMLP a better dividend stock?

Kimbell Royalty Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Dorchester Minerals pays an annual dividend of $3.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Kimbell Royalty Partners pays out 326.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dorchester Minerals pays out 121.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is KRP or DMLP more profitable?

Dorchester Minerals has a net margin of 66.57% compared to Dorchester Minerals' net margin of 12.93%. Kimbell Royalty Partners' return on equity of 59.35% beat Dorchester Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kimbell Royalty Partners	12.93%	5.74%	3.23%
Dorchester Minerals	66.57%	59.35%	57.08%

Which has more volatility and risk, KRP or DMLP?

Kimbell Royalty Partners has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorchester Minerals has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to KRP or DMLP?

In the previous week, Kimbell Royalty Partners had 3 more articles in the media than Dorchester Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kimbell Royalty Partners and 1 mentions for Dorchester Minerals. Dorchester Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Kimbell Royalty Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Kimbell Royalty Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kimbell Royalty Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dorchester Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Kimbell Royalty Partners beats Dorchester Minerals on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.