TXO Partners (TXO) Competitors

TXO Partners (NYSE:TXO) and Transocean (NYSE:RIG) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TXO or RIG?

27.4% of TXO Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Transocean shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, TXO or RIG?

TXO Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TXO 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
TXO Partners	$299.70M	2.11	-$103.99M	$0.42	36.36
Transocean	$3.67B	0.77	-$954M	-$0.95	-3.38

Do analysts prefer TXO or RIG?

TXO Partners presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.98%. Transocean has a consensus target price of $4.58, suggesting a potential upside of 42.68%. Given Transocean's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Transocean is more favorable than TXO Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TXO Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Transocean	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is TXO or RIG more profitable?

Transocean has a net margin of -14.53% compared to TXO Partners' net margin of -63.22%. TXO Partners' return on equity of 8.05% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TXO Partners	-63.22%	8.05%	5.41%
Transocean	-14.53%	-0.52%	-0.27%

Which has more risk and volatility, TXO or RIG?

TXO Partners has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transocean has a beta of 2.54, indicating that its stock price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TXO or RIG a better dividend stock?

TXO Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. Transocean pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.7%. TXO Partners pays out 581.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Transocean pays out -63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TXO Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Transocean is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TXO or RIG?

Transocean received 916 more outperform votes than TXO Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave TXO Partners an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TXO Partners	Outperform Votes 8 72.73%	Underperform Votes 3 27.27%
Transocean	Outperform Votes 924 51.45%	Underperform Votes 872 48.55%

Does the media prefer TXO or RIG?

In the previous week, Transocean had 11 more articles in the media than TXO Partners. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Transocean and 2 mentions for TXO Partners. Transocean's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat TXO Partners' score of 0.50 indicating that Transocean is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TXO Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Transocean	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Transocean beats TXO Partners on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.