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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate KRP or VVV?

Kimbell Royalty Partners currently has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.45%. Valvoline has a consensus target price of $47.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.83%. Given Kimbell Royalty Partners' higher probable upside, 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Valvoline	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is KRP or VVV more profitable?

Kimbell Royalty Partners has a net margin of 11.33% compared to Valvoline's net margin of 10.45%. Valvoline's return on equity of 182.88% 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	10.45%	182.88%	7.40%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KRP or VVV?

Kimbell Royalty Partners and Valvoline both received 304 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 71.36% of users gave Kimbell Royalty Partners an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Valvoline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kimbell Royalty Partners	Outperform Votes 304 71.36%	Underperform Votes 122 28.64%
Valvoline	Outperform Votes 304 57.79%	Underperform Votes 222 42.21%

Which has more risk and volatility, KRP or VVV?

Kimbell Royalty Partners has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valvoline has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Valvoline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, KRP or VVV?

Valvoline has higher revenue and earnings than Kimbell Royalty Partners. Kimbell Royalty Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valvoline, 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	5.18	$66.54M	$0.51	31.29
Valvoline	$1.44B	3.78	$1.42B	$1.23	34.41

Does the media refer more to KRP or VVV?

In the previous week, Valvoline had 3 more articles in the media than Kimbell Royalty Partners. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Valvoline and 7 mentions for Kimbell Royalty Partners. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Kimbell Royalty Partners' score of 0.60 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kimbell Royalty Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Valvoline	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Valvoline beats Kimbell Royalty Partners on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.