Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP) and Royale Energy (OTCMKTS:ROYL) Head to Head Comparison

Royale Energy (OTCMKTS:ROYL) and Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

25.8% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.8% of Royale Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Royale Energy has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimbell Royalty Partners has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Royale Energy and Kimbell Royalty Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Royale Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kimbell Royalty Partners	1	0	2	1	2.75

Kimbell Royalty Partners has a consensus target price of $20.25, suggesting a potential upside of 33.80%. Given Kimbell Royalty Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kimbell Royalty Partners is more favorable than Royale Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Royale Energy and Kimbell Royalty Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Royale Energy	-145.31%	N/A	N/A
Kimbell Royalty Partners	11.33%	5.82%	3.05%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Royale Energy and Kimbell Royalty Partners”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Royale Energy	$2.16 million	1.31	-$1.83 million	($0.05)	-0.80
Kimbell Royalty Partners	$324.31 million	4.46	$66.54 million	$0.51	29.68

Kimbell Royalty Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Royale Energy. Royale Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimbell Royalty Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Kimbell Royalty Partners beats Royale Energy on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Royale Energy

Royale Energy, Inc. acquires, explores for, develops, produces, and sells oil and natural gas properties in the United States. Its principal operations are located in the Sacramento Basin and San Joaquin Basin in California, as well as in Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Colorado. Royale Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is based in El Cajon, California.

About Kimbell Royalty Partners

Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP, together with its subsidiaries, engages in acquiring and owning mineral and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties in the United States. It serves as the general partner of the company. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.