Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) Competitors

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

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 and risk, KRP or VIST?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$294.07M	5.17	$66.54M	$0.51	31.22
Vista Energy	$1.17B	4.62	$396.95M	$5.16	10.98

Do analysts prefer KRP or VIST?

Kimbell Royalty Partners currently has a consensus target price of $20.60, suggesting a potential upside of 29.40%. Vista Energy has a consensus target price of $61.40, suggesting a potential upside of 8.37%. Given Kimbell Royalty Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KRP or VIST?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Does the media refer more to KRP or VIST?

In the previous week, Vista Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Kimbell Royalty Partners. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vista Energy and 7 mentions for Kimbell Royalty Partners. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Kimbell Royalty Partners' score of 0.20 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vista Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Vista Energy beats Kimbell Royalty Partners on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.