TPL vs. APA, CHRD, FANG, CIVI, MGY, MTDR, NOG, OVV, SM, and TRGP
Should you be buying Texas Pacific Land stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Texas Pacific Land include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Civitas Resources (CIVI), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Ovintiv (OVV), SM Energy (SM), and Targa Resources (TRGP). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Texas Pacific Land vs. Its Competitors
Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of APA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Texas Pacific Land pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Texas Pacific Land pays out 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. APA pays out 36.0% 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. Texas Pacific Land has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Texas Pacific Land currently has a consensus target price of $917.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.77%. APA has a consensus target price of $24.72, indicating a potential upside of 26.88%. Given APA's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe APA is more favorable than Texas Pacific Land.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Pacific Land. APA 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.
Texas Pacific Land has a net margin of 63.24% compared to APA's net margin of 9.75%. Texas Pacific Land's return on equity of 40.04% beat APA's return on equity.
Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, APA had 14 more articles in the media than Texas Pacific Land. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for APA and 9 mentions for Texas Pacific Land. Texas Pacific Land's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat APA's score of 0.65 indicating that Texas Pacific Land is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Texas Pacific Land beats APA on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:TPL) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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