Texas Pacific Land (TPL) Competitors

Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) and Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) are both large-cap trading companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TPL or APO?

Apollo Global Management has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Pacific Land. Apollo Global Management 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	$727.66M	29.60	$453.96M	$19.99	46.87
Apollo Global Management	$24.62B	3.21	$4.58B	$5.71	24.22

Do analysts prefer TPL or APO?

Texas Pacific Land presently has a consensus target price of $917.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.13%. Apollo Global Management has a consensus target price of $161.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.41%. Given Apollo Global Management's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apollo Global 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Apollo Global Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.95

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

59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor TPL or APO?

In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 23 more articles in the media than Texas Pacific Land. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 12 mentions for Texas Pacific Land. Texas Pacific Land's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 1.11 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Apollo Global Management	27 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, TPL or APO?

Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TPL or APO more profitable?

Texas Pacific Land has a net margin of 63.24% compared to Apollo Global Management's net margin of 14.59%. Texas Pacific Land's return on equity of 40.04% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Texas Pacific Land	63.24%	40.04%	36.15%
Apollo Global Management	14.59%	13.45%	1.06%

Is TPL or APO a better dividend stock?

Texas Pacific Land pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Texas Pacific Land pays out 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apollo Global Management pays out 35.7% 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 and Apollo Global Management has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Summary

Apollo Global Management beats Texas Pacific Land on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.