Texas Pacific Land (TPL) Competitors

APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, APA or TPL?

APA has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is APA or TPL a better dividend stock?

APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Texas Pacific Land pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. APA pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Texas Pacific Land pays out 31.9% 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. Texas Pacific Land has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in APA or TPL?

83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor APA or TPL?

In the previous week, APA had 17 more articles in the media than Texas Pacific Land. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for APA and 20 mentions for Texas Pacific Land. Texas Pacific Land's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat APA's score of 1.07 indicating that Texas Pacific Land is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
APA	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Texas Pacific Land	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is APA or TPL more profitable?

Texas Pacific Land has a net margin of 62.16% compared to APA's net margin of 10.53%. Texas Pacific Land's return on equity of 39.47% beat APA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
APA	10.53%	20.98%	7.21%
Texas Pacific Land	62.16%	39.47%	35.65%

Do analysts recommend APA or TPL?

APA presently has a consensus price target of $23.72, indicating a potential upside of 3.23%. Given APA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe APA is more favorable than Texas Pacific Land.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
APA	3 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Texas Pacific Land	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, APA or TPL?

APA has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Pacific Land. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Pacific Land, 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
APA	$9.74B	0.84	$804M	$2.99	7.69
Texas Pacific Land	$705.82M	30.07	$453.96M	$20.06	46.02

Summary

Texas Pacific Land beats APA on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.