Dorchester Minerals (DMLP) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, DMLP or KRP?

Dorchester Minerals has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimbell Royalty Partners has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DMLP or KRP a better dividend stock?

Dorchester Minerals pays an annual dividend of $3.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Kimbell Royalty Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Dorchester Minerals pays out 143.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kimbell Royalty Partners pays out 329.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend DMLP or KRP?

Kimbell Royalty Partners has a consensus price target of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.17%. Given Kimbell Royalty Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kimbell Royalty Partners is more favorable than Dorchester Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dorchester Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Kimbell Royalty Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is DMLP or KRP more profitable?

Dorchester Minerals has a net margin of 66.02% compared to Kimbell Royalty Partners' net margin of 11.33%. Dorchester Minerals' return on equity of 48.81% beat Kimbell Royalty Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dorchester Minerals	66.02%	48.81%	47.61%
Kimbell Royalty Partners	11.33%	5.82%	3.05%

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DMLP or KRP?

Kimbell Royalty Partners received 130 more outperform votes than Dorchester Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.36% of users gave Kimbell Royalty Partners an outperform vote while only 64.68% of users gave Dorchester Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dorchester Minerals	Outperform Votes 174 64.68%	Underperform Votes 95 35.32%
Kimbell Royalty Partners	Outperform Votes 304 71.36%	Underperform Votes 122 28.64%

Does the media prefer DMLP or KRP?

In the previous week, Dorchester Minerals had 3 more articles in the media than Kimbell Royalty Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Dorchester Minerals and 2 mentions for Kimbell Royalty Partners. Dorchester Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Kimbell Royalty Partners' score of 0.54 indicating that Dorchester Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dorchester Minerals	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Kimbell Royalty Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DMLP or KRP?

Dorchester Minerals has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Dorchester Minerals	$172.23M	9.18	$110.39M	$2.78	12.01
Kimbell Royalty Partners	$294.07M	5.19	$66.54M	$0.51	31.36

Summary

Dorchester Minerals beats Kimbell Royalty Partners on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.