Texas Pacific Land (TPL) Competitors

Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Is TPL or ARES a better dividend stock?

Texas Pacific Land pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Texas Pacific Land pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ares Management pays out 171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TPL or ARES?

59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Texas Pacific Land shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ares Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, TPL or ARES?

Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TPL or ARES?

Ares Management received 326 more outperform votes than Texas Pacific Land when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.60% of users gave Texas Pacific Land an outperform vote while only 68.79% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Texas Pacific Land	Outperform Votes 269 70.60%	Underperform Votes 112 29.40%
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 595 68.79%	Underperform Votes 270 31.21%

Do analysts prefer TPL or ARES?

Texas Pacific Land currently has a consensus price target of $694.17, indicating a potential downside of 41.37%. Ares Management has a consensus price target of $169.64, indicating a potential downside of 5.34%. Given Ares Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ares Management is more favorable than Texas Pacific Land.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Texas Pacific Land	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Is TPL or ARES more profitable?

Texas Pacific Land has a net margin of 65.34% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 12.51%. Texas Pacific Land's return on equity of 40.57% beat Ares Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Texas Pacific Land	65.34%	40.57%	36.58%
Ares Management	12.51%	19.89%	3.95%

Does the media refer more to TPL or ARES?

In the previous week, Ares Management had 25 more articles in the media than Texas Pacific Land. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Ares Management and 17 mentions for Texas Pacific Land. Texas Pacific Land's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Ares Management's score of 0.69 indicating that Texas Pacific Land is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Texas Pacific Land	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ares Management	20 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, TPL or ARES?

Ares Management has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Pacific Land. Texas Pacific Land is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, 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
Texas Pacific Land	$686.70M	39.61	$405.64M	$19.49	60.75
Ares Management	$5.08B	11.05	$474.33M	$2.17	82.58

Summary

Texas Pacific Land beats Ares Management on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.