BSM vs ET vs TPL Stock Comparison

Black Stone Minerals, Energy Transfer and Texas Pacific Land Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ET Energy Transfer LP
$20.44 -0.3% 1M +21.3% 1Y
Market cap
$71.13B
P/E
14.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$107.38B
Div. yield
0.07%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
6 wins
TPL Texas Pacific Land Corp
$338.50 +0.8% 1M +8.3% 1Y
Market cap
$22.99B
P/E
42.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$897.54M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Operators Real Estate
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Energy Transfer leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Energy Transfer 6, Black Stone Minerals 3, Texas Pacific Land 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBSMETTPLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.17B $71.13B $22.99B ET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 12.5x 14.1x 42.5x BSM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.2x 11.4x 34.6x ET
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.0% +33.3% +20.8% ET
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 48.5% 4.7% 60.3% TPL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.4% 33.0% TPL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 4.0x — BSM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.09% 0.07% 0.00% BSM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +14.2% +21.3% +8.3% ET
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.2%/yr +15.7%/yr +19.2%/yr TPL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 20.4% 17.4% 48.9% ET
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 63/100 59/100 ET

Percentile Scorecard

BSMETTPL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBSMETTPL
Valuation 28 #72 of 99 94 #3 of 35 21 #31 of 39
Growth 28 #70 of 97 64 #13 of 34 38 #21 of 33
Profitability 96 #5 of 96 30 #24 of 34 100 #1 of 30
Financial Health 80 #21 of 102 59 #15 of 35 97 #2 of 38
Shareholder Returns 27 #56 of 76 70 #10 of 31 39 #9 of 14
Overall 52 63 59
  • BSM ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • ET ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream
  • TPL ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBSMETTPLSPY
1 month +2.7%-0.3%+0.8% -1.0%
3 months +2.1%+0.4%-19.3% +2.9%
6 months +5.4%+7.1%-22.9% +6.4%
Year to date +12.6%+24.0%+17.9% +11.4%
1 year +14.2%+21.3%+8.3% +13.1%
3 years -15.4%+48.7%+68.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year -5.4%+14.1%+18.9% +21.5%
5 years +22.9%+106.9%+140.6% +67.7%
5 years, per year +4.2%+15.7%+19.2% +10.9%
10 years -20.1%+24.0%+969.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year -2.2%+2.2%+26.7% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureBSMETTPLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 20.4%17.4%48.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.1%16.6%50.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.27-0.210.40 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.701.220.17 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.7%-25.8%-52.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.1%-6.0%-37.3% -2.5%
52-week high $15.44$21.74$539.79 $779.14
52-week low $12.95$16.21$273.56 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBSMETTPL
P/E now vs peer median 12.5xmedian 13.1x 13.9xmedian 21.3x 43.1xmedian 7.8x
P/S now vs peer median 6.1xmedian 2.0x 0.7xmedian 2.7x 26.0xmedian 4.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.1xmedian 5.7x 8.2xmedian 11.0x 31.2xmedian 11.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 11.1x 13.5xmedian 16.4x -355.9xmedian 6.4x
P/B now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 1.5x 1.4xmedian 2.6x 14.0xmedian 0.6x
PEG now vs peer median -0.55median 2.24 2.00median 1.93 4.67median 0.33

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBSMETTPL
Revenue $524.05M $107.38B $897.54M
Gross profit – $25.32B –
Operating income $295.66M $10.78B $672.48M
Net income $283.59M $7.04B $541.42M
Free cash flow $204.26M $5.22B -$65.61M
R&D $21.23M – –
EPS (diluted) $1.20 $1.46 $7.84
Cash & equivalents $1.67M $1.02B $248.61M
Total debt $554.65M $68.41B –
Shares (diluted) 212.60M 3.46B 69.03M
Enterprise value $3.15B $64.32B $21.82B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBSMETTPL
P/E 12.5x 13.9x 43.1x
P/FCF 15.6x 13.5x -355.9x
P/Operating cash flow 9.9x 5.8x 38.7x
P/S 6.1x 0.7x 26.0x
P/B 3.9x 1.4x 14.0x
P/Tangible book 3.9x 1.6x 14.2x
EV/EBITDA 10.1x 8.2x 31.2x
EV/EBIT 11.4x 12.8x 34.3x
EV/Revenue 6.5x 1.3x 25.7x
EV/FCF 16.6x 26.4x -352.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.6x 11.4x 38.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.55 2.00 4.67

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBSMETTPL
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.0% 33.3% 20.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -9.7% 10.0% 11.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 18.9% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 13.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 5.6% 16.5% 19.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -19.6% 12.0% 9.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 3.1% 16.1% 17.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -20.5% 9.0% 9.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 10.4% 12.6% 17.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -22.7% 7.0% 9.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -2.8% 8.8% 15.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -15.7% 5.9% 10.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -10.9% -8.5% -176.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -27.2% -7.3% -29.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBSMETTPL
Gross margin – 23.6% –
EBITDA margin 63.8% 15.7% 82.5%
Operating margin 56.4% 10.0% 74.9%
Pretax margin 54.1% 7.1% 76.2%
Net margin 48.5% 4.7% 60.3%
FCF margin 39.0% 4.9% -7.3%
Operating cash flow margin 61.1% 11.3% 67.2%
Return on equity 35.8% 14.0% 33.5%
Return on assets 21.0% 4.8% 30.0%
Return on invested capital – 8.4% 33.0%
Return on capital employed 22.3% 8.4% 39.3%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.7x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.7x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 2.0% 0.2% 1.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBSMETTPL
Debt / assets 14.8% 46.2% –
Debt / equity 0.2x 1.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 4.0x –
Debt / FCF 1.0x 13.1x –
Liabilities / assets 40.5% 65.9% 10.1%
Equity / assets 59.5% 34.1% 89.9%
Interest coverage 23.8x 2.9x 342.2x
Current ratio 3.8x 1.2x 4.6x
Quick ratio 5.8x 0.9x 4.5x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 2.6x
Altman Z-score – – 78.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBSMETTPL
Dividend yield 8.2% 6.6% 0.7%
Net buyback yield 0.1% – 0.0%
Shareholder yield 8.2% 6.6% 0.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 100.2% 67.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 139.1% 91.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) -17.9% 2.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -11.0% 8.0% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBSMETTPL
Forward P/E 14.2xFY2026 11.4xFY2026 34.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.05FY2026 $1.80FY2026 $9.79FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -18.0%FY2026 +48.8%FY2026 +40.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +3.8% -9.4% -1.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $441.90MFY2026 $124.23BFY2026 $957.62MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -6.0%FY2026 +45.2%FY2026 +20.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.0% +1.4% +22.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBSMETTPL
Held by institutions 21.1% 31.4% 72.9%
Institutions holding 197 1,279 868
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.4% +1.9% +0.5%
Institutions buying 81 628 440
Institutions selling 44 340 276
Buyers to sellers 1.84 1.85 1.59

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BSMETTPL
BSM 1.00 0.32 0.31
ET 0.32 1.00 0.25
TPL 0.31 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BSM, ET and TPL?

Energy Transfer (ET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Black Stone Minerals (BSM) $3.17B, Energy Transfer (ET) $71.13B, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) $22.99B.

Which stock is cheaper, BSM, ET and TPL?

Black Stone Minerals (BSM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Black Stone Minerals (BSM) 12.5x, Energy Transfer (ET) 14.1x, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) 42.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Energy Transfer (ET) is cheapest (Black Stone Minerals (BSM) 14.2x, Energy Transfer (ET) 11.4x, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) 34.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Energy Transfer (ET) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Black Stone Minerals (BSM) +5.0%, Energy Transfer (ET) +33.3%, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) +20.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Texas Pacific Land (TPL) has the highest net margin (Black Stone Minerals (BSM) 48.5%, Energy Transfer (ET) 4.7%, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) 60.3%). On return on invested capital, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) leads (Energy Transfer (ET) 8.4%, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) 33.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Energy Transfer (ET) returned the most: Black Stone Minerals (BSM) +14.2%, Energy Transfer (ET) +21.3%, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) +8.3%. Over five years, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) compounded fastest (Black Stone Minerals (BSM) +4.2%/yr, Energy Transfer (ET) +15.7%/yr, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) +19.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Black Stone Minerals (BSM) has the highest dividend yield: Black Stone Minerals (BSM) 0.09%, Energy Transfer (ET) 0.07%, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) 0.00%. Texas Pacific Land (TPL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Energy Transfer (ET) has been the steadiest (Black Stone Minerals (BSM) 20.4%, Energy Transfer (ET) 17.4%, Texas Pacific Land (TPL) 48.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BSM, ET and TPL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Energy Transfer (ET) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.