Texas Pacific Land (TPL) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate TPL or BX?

Texas Pacific Land presently has a consensus target price of $917.00, indicating a potential downside of 26.34%. Blackstone has a consensus target price of $155.72, indicating a potential upside of 19.51%. Given Blackstone's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blackstone 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Blackstone	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Which has more risk & volatility, TPL or BX?

Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, TPL or BX?

Blackstone has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Pacific Land. Blackstone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Pacific Land, 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	$705.82M	40.54	$405.64M	$19.72	63.13
Blackstone	$10.93B	8.70	$2.78B	$3.63	35.90

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TPL or BX?

Blackstone received 925 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 70.36% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Texas Pacific Land	Outperform Votes 269 70.60%	Underperform Votes 112 29.40%
Blackstone	Outperform Votes 1194 70.36%	Underperform Votes 503 29.64%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TPL or BX?

59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to TPL or BX?

In the previous week, Blackstone had 41 more articles in the media than Texas Pacific Land. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Blackstone and 23 mentions for Texas Pacific Land. Texas Pacific Land's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Blackstone's score of 0.87 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	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blackstone	32 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TPL or BX a better dividend stock?

Texas Pacific Land pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $5.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Texas Pacific Land pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Blackstone pays out 158.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is TPL or BX more profitable?

Texas Pacific Land has a net margin of 64.32% compared to Blackstone's net margin of 20.99%. Texas Pacific Land's return on equity of 40.23% beat Blackstone's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Texas Pacific Land	64.32%	40.23%	36.33%
Blackstone	20.99%	19.58%	8.54%

Summary

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