Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) Competitors

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

Is KRP or VIST 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
Kimbell Royalty Partners	11.33%	5.82%	3.05%
Vista Energy	34.78%	30.06%	13.60%

Which has more volatility & risk, KRP or VIST?

Kimbell Royalty Partners has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KRP or VIST a better dividend stock?

Kimbell Royalty Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Vista Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Kimbell Royalty Partners pays out 321.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vista Energy pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KRP or VIST?

Kimbell Royalty Partners received 286 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.43% of users gave Kimbell Royalty Partners an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kimbell Royalty Partners	Outperform Votes 305 71.43%	Underperform Votes 122 28.57%
Vista Energy	Outperform Votes 19 42.22%	Underperform Votes 26 57.78%

Which has better earnings and valuation, KRP or VIST?

Vista Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Kimbell Royalty Partners. Vista Energy 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	$324.31M	4.66	$66.54M	$0.51	31.04
Vista Energy	$1.49B	3.64	$396.95M	$5.16	11.02

Does the media refer more to KRP or VIST?

In the previous week, Kimbell Royalty Partners had 10 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 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 0.28 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kimbell Royalty Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vista Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of KRP or VIST?

25.8% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer KRP or VIST?

Kimbell Royalty Partners presently has a consensus target price of $20.60, indicating a potential upside of 30.13%. Vista Energy has a consensus target price of $61.40, indicating a potential upside of 8.00%. Given Kimbell Royalty Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kimbell Royalty Partners is more favorable than Vista Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kimbell Royalty Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Vista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Summary

Kimbell Royalty Partners and Vista Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.