TXO Partners (TXO) Competitors

TXO Partners (NYSE:TXO) and Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, TXO or LBRT?

TXO Partners has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TXO or LBRT?

In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 9 more articles in the media than TXO Partners. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Liberty Energy and 1 mentions for TXO Partners. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat TXO Partners' score of 0.67 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TXO Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Liberty Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TXO or LBRT more profitable?

Liberty Energy has a net margin of 7.32% compared to TXO Partners' net margin of -63.22%. Liberty Energy's return on equity of 14.28% beat TXO Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TXO Partners	-63.22%	8.05%	5.41%
Liberty Energy	7.32%	14.28%	8.60%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TXO or LBRT?

27.4% of TXO Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate TXO or LBRT?

Liberty Energy has a consensus price target of $22.30, indicating a potential upside of 24.89%. Given Liberty Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Energy is more favorable than TXO Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TXO Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Liberty Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TXO or LBRT?

Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than TXO Partners. TXO Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Energy, 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
TXO Partners	$380.72M	2.13	-$103.99M	-$5.94	-3.34
Liberty Energy	$4.32B	0.67	$316.01M	$1.87	9.55

Is TXO or LBRT a better dividend stock?

TXO Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. TXO Partners pays out -39.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liberty Energy pays out 17.1% 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. TXO Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TXO or LBRT?

Liberty Energy received 348 more outperform votes than TXO Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave TXO Partners an outperform vote while only 62.72% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TXO Partners	Outperform Votes 7 70.00%	Underperform Votes 3 30.00%
Liberty Energy	Outperform Votes 355 62.72%	Underperform Votes 211 37.28%

Summary

Liberty Energy beats TXO Partners on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.