Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate KRP or VIST?

Kimbell Royalty Partners presently has a consensus price target of $18.25, indicating a potential upside of 27.99%. Vista Energy has a consensus price target of $64.73, indicating a potential upside of 33.37%. Given Vista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than Kimbell Royalty Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kimbell Royalty Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Vista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KRP or VIST?

Kimbell Royalty Partners received 284 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.83% of users gave Kimbell Royalty Partners an outperform vote while only 45.83% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kimbell Royalty Partners	Outperform Votes 306 70.83%	Underperform Votes 126 29.17%
Vista Energy	Outperform Votes 22 45.83%	Underperform Votes 26 54.17%

Does the media prefer KRP or VIST?

In the previous week, Vista Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Kimbell Royalty Partners. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vista Energy and 3 mentions for Kimbell Royalty Partners. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Kimbell Royalty Partners' score of 0.53 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vista Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, KRP or VIST?

Kimbell Royalty Partners has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Is KRP or VIST a better dividend stock?

Kimbell Royalty Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Vista Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Kimbell Royalty Partners pays out -1,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vista Energy pays out 4.2% 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. Kimbell Royalty Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings & valuation, KRP or VIST?

Vista Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Kimbell Royalty Partners. Kimbell Royalty Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Energy, 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	$310.65M	4.91	$66.54M	-$0.11	-129.63
Vista Energy	$1.65B	2.80	$396.95M	$4.75	10.22

Do institutionals & 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vista Energy beats Kimbell Royalty Partners on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.