Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) versus SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE) Critical Survey

Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) and SUNation Energy (NASDAQ:SUNE) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.2% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of SUNation Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Texas Pacific Land and SUNation Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Texas Pacific Land	1	1	0	0	1.50
SUNation Energy	1	0	0	0	1.00

Risk and Volatility

Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SUNation Energy has a beta of 3.22, meaning that its stock price is 222% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Texas Pacific Land and SUNation Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Texas Pacific Land	$772.40 million	26.71	$453.96 million	$20.70	43.37
SUNation Energy	$60.07 million	0.07	-$15.85 million	($109.97)	-0.01

Texas Pacific Land has higher revenue and earnings than SUNation Energy. SUNation Energy 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.

Profitability

This table compares Texas Pacific Land and SUNation Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Texas Pacific Land	62.16%	39.47%	35.65%
SUNation Energy	-41.62%	-158.58%	-50.14%

Summary

Texas Pacific Land beats SUNation Energy on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Texas Pacific Land

Texas Pacific Land Corporation engages in the land and resource management, and water services and operations businesses. The company owns a 1/128th nonparticipating perpetual oil and gas royalty interest (NPRI) under approximately 85,000 acres of land; a 1/16th NPRI under approximately 371,000 acres of land; and approximately 4,000 additional net royalty acres, total of approximately 195,000 NRA located in the western part of Texas. The Land and Resource Management segment manages surface acres of land, and oil and gas royalty interest in West Texas. This segment also engages in easements, such as transporting oil, gas and related hydrocarbons, power line and utility, and subsurface wellbore easements. In addition, this segment leases its land for processing, storage, and compression facilities and roads; and is involved in sale of materials, such as caliche, sand, and other material, as well as sells land. The Water Services and Operations segment provides full-service water offerings, including water sourcing, produced-water treatment, infrastructure development, and disposal solutions to operators in the Permian Basin. This segment also holds produced water royalties. Texas Pacific Land Corporation was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

About SUNation Energy

SUNation Energy Inc. is focused on local and regional solar, storage and energy services companies. Its portfolio of brands provides homeowners and businesses of all sizes with an end-to-end product offering spanning solar, battery storage and grid services. SUNation Energy Inc., formerly known as Pineapple Energy, is based in RONKONKOMA, N.Y.