Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) Competitors

Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) and Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VIST or KRP?

Kimbell Royalty Partners received 284 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.74% of users gave Kimbell Royalty Partners an outperform vote while only 46.94% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vista Energy	Outperform Votes 23 46.94%	Underperform Votes 26 53.06%
Kimbell Royalty Partners	Outperform Votes 307 70.74%	Underperform Votes 127 29.26%

Is VIST or KRP more profitable?

Vista Energy has a net margin of 34.78% compared to Kimbell Royalty Partners' net margin of 11.33%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 30.06% beat Kimbell Royalty Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vista Energy	34.78%	30.06%	13.60%
Kimbell Royalty Partners	11.33%	5.82%	3.05%

Which has more volatility & risk, VIST or KRP?

Vista Energy has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimbell Royalty Partners has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VIST or KRP?

63.8% of Vista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.8% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor VIST or KRP?

In the previous week, Kimbell Royalty Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Kimbell Royalty Partners and 7 mentions for Vista Energy. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Kimbell Royalty Partners' score of 0.88 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vista Energy	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kimbell Royalty Partners	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VIST or KRP?

Vista Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Kimbell Royalty Partners. Kimbell Royalty Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Energy, 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
Vista Energy	$1.77B	2.34	$396.95M	$4.78	9.11
Kimbell Royalty Partners	$310.65M	4.22	$66.54M	-$0.11	-111.36

Do analysts prefer VIST or KRP?

Vista Energy presently has a consensus price target of $67.08, suggesting a potential upside of 53.99%. Kimbell Royalty Partners has a consensus price target of $17.40, suggesting a potential upside of 42.04%. Given Vista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than Kimbell Royalty Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Kimbell Royalty Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is VIST or KRP a better dividend stock?

Vista Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Kimbell Royalty Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Vista Energy pays out 4.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kimbell Royalty Partners pays out -1,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Kimbell Royalty Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Vista Energy beats Kimbell Royalty Partners on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.