Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, KRP or VVV?

Valvoline has higher revenue and earnings than Kimbell Royalty Partners. Valvoline 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	5.13	$66.54M	$0.51	30.95
Valvoline	$1.62B	2.87	$211.50M	$2.09	17.46

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KRP or VVV?

Valvoline received 5 more outperform votes than Kimbell Royalty Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.50% of users gave Kimbell Royalty Partners an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave Valvoline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kimbell Royalty Partners	Outperform Votes 306 71.50%	Underperform Votes 122 28.50%
Valvoline	Outperform Votes 311 58.02%	Underperform Votes 225 41.98%

Which has more risk and volatility, KRP or VVV?

Kimbell Royalty Partners has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valvoline has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer KRP or VVV?

Kimbell Royalty Partners presently has a consensus price target of $20.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.28%. Valvoline has a consensus price target of $44.40, indicating a potential upside of 21.66%. Given Kimbell Royalty Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kimbell Royalty Partners is more favorable than Valvoline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kimbell Royalty Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Valvoline	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

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

25.8% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Valvoline shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Valvoline shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is KRP or VVV more profitable?

Valvoline has a net margin of 16.34% compared to Kimbell Royalty Partners' net margin of 11.33%. Valvoline's return on equity of 143.64% 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%
Valvoline	16.34%	143.64%	8.42%

Does the media refer more to KRP or VVV?

In the previous week, Valvoline had 10 more articles in the media than Kimbell Royalty Partners. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Valvoline and 2 mentions for Kimbell Royalty Partners. Kimbell Royalty Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Valvoline's score of 0.40 indicating that Kimbell Royalty Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kimbell Royalty Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Valvoline	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Valvoline beats Kimbell Royalty Partners on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.