Comparing Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP) & Thunderbird Resources Equity (OTCMKTS:GMXRQ)

Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP) and Thunderbird Resources Equity (OTCMKTS:GMXRQ) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Kimbell Royalty Partners and Thunderbird Resources Equity, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kimbell Royalty Partners	1	3	1	0	2.00
Thunderbird Resources Equity	0	0	0	0	0.00

Kimbell Royalty Partners currently has a consensus price target of $17.40, suggesting a potential upside of 41.58%. Given Kimbell Royalty Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kimbell Royalty Partners is more favorable than Thunderbird Resources Equity.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares Kimbell Royalty Partners and Thunderbird Resources Equity’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kimbell Royalty Partners	11.33%	5.82%	3.05%
Thunderbird Resources Equity	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kimbell Royalty Partners and Thunderbird Resources Equity”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kimbell Royalty Partners	$310.65 million	4.23	$66.54 million	($0.11)	-111.73
Thunderbird Resources Equity	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Kimbell Royalty Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Thunderbird Resources Equity.

Summary

Kimbell Royalty Partners beats Thunderbird Resources Equity on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Thunderbird Resources Equity

Thunderbird Resources Equity Inc, formerly GMX Resources Inc., is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with a portfolio of leasehold acreage in multiple resource plays. The Company is focused on the development of the hydrocarbon formations in East Texas including the Cotton Valley Sands (CVS) layer in the Schuler formation and the Upper, Middle and Haynesville/Lower Bossier layers of the Bossier formation (the Haynesville/Bossier Shale), in the Sabine Uplift of the Carthage, North Field primarily located in Harrison and Panola counties of East Texas. The Company has three subsidiaries: Diamond Blue Drilling Co. (Diamond Blue), which owns three drilling rigs; Endeavor Pipeline Inc. (Endeavor Pipeline), which operates its water supply and salt water disposal systems in its East Texas area, and Endeavor Gathering, LLC (Endeavor Gathering), which owns the natural gas gathering system and related equipment operated by Endeavor Pipeline.