Texas Pacific Land (TPL) Competitors

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

Is BX or TPL 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
Blackstone	20.99%	19.58%	8.54%
Texas Pacific Land	64.32%	40.23%	36.33%

Do analysts recommend BX or TPL?

Blackstone currently has a consensus price target of $171.13, suggesting a potential upside of 13.13%. Texas Pacific Land has a consensus price target of $917.00, suggesting a potential downside of 30.79%. Given Blackstone's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Blackstone is more favorable than Texas Pacific Land.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blackstone	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39
Texas Pacific Land	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, BX or TPL?

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
Blackstone	$10.93B	10.09	$2.78B	$3.63	41.67
Texas Pacific Land	$705.82M	43.15	$405.64M	$19.72	67.19

Is BX or TPL a better dividend stock?

Blackstone pays an annual dividend of $5.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Texas Pacific Land pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. 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. Texas Pacific Land pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BX or TPL?

Blackstone received 920 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 70.44% of users gave Blackstone an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blackstone	Outperform Votes 1189 70.44%	Underperform Votes 499 29.56%
Texas Pacific Land	Outperform Votes 269 70.60%	Underperform Votes 112 29.40%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BX or TPL?

70.0% of Blackstone shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Blackstone shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Texas Pacific Land shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BX or TPL?

Blackstone has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BX or TPL?

In the previous week, Blackstone had 30 more articles in the media than Texas Pacific Land. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Blackstone and 27 mentions for Texas Pacific Land. Blackstone's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Texas Pacific Land's score of 1.22 indicating that Blackstone is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blackstone	48 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Texas Pacific Land	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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