Stabilis Solutions (NASDAQ:SLNG – Get Free Report) and Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
3.8% of Stabilis Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.2% of Stabilis Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Stabilis Solutions has a beta of -0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Stabilis Solutions | $68.25 million | 1.25 | -$1.35 million | ($0.20) | -23.00 |
| Texas Pacific Land | $798.19 million | 36.24 | $481.38 million | $7.30 | 57.46 |
Texas Pacific Land has higher revenue and earnings than Stabilis Solutions. Stabilis Solutions 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 Stabilis Solutions and Texas Pacific Land’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Stabilis Solutions | -6.25% | -5.85% | -4.16% |
| Texas Pacific Land | 60.03% | 35.52% | 31.95% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Stabilis Solutions and Texas Pacific Land, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Stabilis Solutions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Texas Pacific Land | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.75 |
Stabilis Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 117.39%. Texas Pacific Land has a consensus target price of $639.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.34%. Given Stabilis Solutions’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Stabilis Solutions is more favorable than Texas Pacific Land.
Summary
Texas Pacific Land beats Stabilis Solutions on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Stabilis Solutions
Stabilis Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, an energy transition company, provides clean energy production, storage, transportation, and fueling solutions primarily using liquefied natural gas (LNG) to various end markets in North America. The company offers LNG solutions to customers in aerospace, agriculture, energy, industrial, marine bunkering, mining, pipeline, remote power, and utility markets. It also provides engineering and field support services, as well as rents cryogenic equipment. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Stabilis Solutions, Inc. is a subsidiary of LNG Investment Company LLC.
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.
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