KRP vs ET vs COP Stock Comparison

Kimbell Royalty Partners, Energy Transfer and Conocophillips Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ET Energy Transfer LP
$20.61 +2.0% 1M +23.2% 1Y
Market cap
$70.32B
P/E
13.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$107.38B
Div. yield
0.07%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
5 wins
COP Conocophillips
$151.41 +18.9% 1M +72.0% 1Y
Market cap
$179.56B
P/E
19.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$65.28B
Div. yield
0.02%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Energy Transfer leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Energy Transfer 5, Conocophillips 4, Kimbell Royalty Partners 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKRPETCOPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.62B $70.32B $179.56B COP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.6x 13.9x 19.3x ET
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.7x 11.5x 13.6x ET
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.2% +33.3% +8.5% ET
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 23.0% 4.7% 14.2% KRP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.7% 8.4% 22.5% COP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.7x 4.0x 0.4x COP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.09% 0.07% 0.02% KRP
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +26.2% +23.2% +72.0% COP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.1%/yr +16.2%/yr +15.3%/yr ET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 23.0% 17.5% 30.1% ET
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 63/100 60/100 KRP

Percentile Scorecard

KRPETCOP

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

AxisKRPETCOP
Valuation 38 #62 of 99 94 #3 of 35 41 #59 of 99
Growth 92 #9 of 97 61 #14 of 34 57 #42 of 97
Profitability 85 #15 of 96 30 #24 of 34 88 #12 of 96
Financial Health 56 #45 of 102 59 #15 of 35 70 #31 of 102
Shareholder Returns 57 #33 of 76 70 #10 of 31 45 #42 of 76
Overall 66 63 60
  • KRP ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • ET ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream
  • COP ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodKRPETCOPSPY
1 month +15.8%+2.0%+18.9% -0.8%
3 months +14.9%+3.5%+31.0% +3.5%
6 months +14.1%+8.2%+24.4% +7.0%
Year to date +43.4%+25.0%+61.7% +12.2%
1 year +26.2%+23.2%+72.0% +13.0%
3 years +4.1%+57.2%+28.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +1.3%+16.3%+8.7% +23.1%
5 years +11.0%+111.8%+103.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +2.1%+16.2%+15.3% +11.0%
10 years —+30.9%+262.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+2.7%+13.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureKRPETCOPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 23.0%17.5%30.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.6%16.6%29.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.36-0.21-0.71 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.141.332.39 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.3%-25.8%-38.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.6%-5.2%0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $16.97$21.74$151.41 $779.14
52-week low $11.36$16.21$85.66 $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.

MultipleKRPETCOP
P/E now vs peer median 20.7xmedian 13.5x 14.1xmedian 21.0x 19.8xmedian 13.5x
P/S now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 2.1x 0.7xmedian 2.7x 2.8xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.2xmedian 5.9x 8.2xmedian 11.0x 4.6xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 11.0x 13.6xmedian 16.6x 18.1xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 1.5x 1.4xmedian 2.6x 2.8xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median -1.08median 2.27 2.01median 1.92 -1.88median 2.27

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 monthsKRPETCOP
Revenue $341.09M $107.38B $65.28B
Gross profit – $25.32B $41.24B
Operating income $136.95M $10.78B $31.28B
Net income $101.37M $7.04B $9.28B
Free cash flow $237.72M $5.22B $10.06B
R&D – – $393.00M
EPS (diluted) $0.66 $1.46 $7.64
Cash & equivalents $44.93M $1.02B $6.57B
Total debt $478.70M $68.41B $23.29B
Shares (diluted) 118.88M 3.46B 1.21B
Enterprise value $1.45B $63.51B $152.27B

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
MetricKRPETCOP
P/E 20.7x 14.1x 19.8x
P/FCF 7.2x 13.6x 18.1x
P/Operating cash flow 7.2x 5.9x 8.3x
P/S 5.0x 0.7x 2.8x
P/B 2.5x 1.4x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 2.5x 1.6x 2.8x
EV/EBITDA 8.2x 8.2x 4.6x
EV/EBIT 15.6x 12.8x 6.3x
EV/Revenue 6.3x 1.3x 3.0x
EV/FCF 9.0x 26.5x 19.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.0x 11.4x 9.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.08 2.01 -1.88

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKRPETCOP
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.2% 33.3% 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.7% 10.0% -2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 18.9% 5.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 13.2% 0.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 104.7% 16.5% 6.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -1.4% 12.0% -2.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 159.4% 16.1% 1.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -6.9% 9.0% -10.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 14,894% 12.6% 4.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -19.1% 7.0% -10.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -3.2% 8.8% 10.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.1% 5.9% -3.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 946.8% -8.5% 45.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 155.1% -7.3% -3.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKRPETCOP
Gross margin – 23.6% 63.2%
EBITDA margin 76.7% 15.7% 66.0%
Operating margin 40.1% 10.0% 47.9%
Pretax margin 29.8% 7.1% 22.4%
Net margin 23.0% 4.7% 14.2%
FCF margin 69.7% 4.9% 15.4%
Operating cash flow margin 69.7% 11.3% 33.6%
Return on equity 16.4% 14.0% 14.3%
Return on assets 8.0% 4.8% 7.5%
Return on invested capital 12.7% 8.4% 22.5%
Return on capital employed 11.0% 8.4% 28.2%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.7x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 1.7x 2.4x
Stock comp / revenue 4.9% 0.2% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKRPETCOP
Debt / assets 36.1% 46.2% 18.7%
Debt / equity 0.7x 1.4x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.7x 4.0x 0.4x
Debt / FCF 2.0x 13.1x 2.3x
Liabilities / assets 49.5% 65.9% 47.4%
Equity / assets 50.5% 34.1% 52.6%
Interest coverage 3.9x 2.9x 39.2x
Current ratio 7.3x 1.2x 1.5x
Quick ratio 7.1x 0.9x 1.2x
Cash ratio 3.3x 0.1x 0.6x
Altman Z-score – – 4.10

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKRPETCOP
Dividend yield 9.5% 6.5% 2.2%
Net buyback yield 0.9% – 3.0%
Shareholder yield 10.4% 6.5% 5.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 143.5% 67.9% 43.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) 61.2% 91.6% 40.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) -2.0% 2.9% 7.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 8.0% -15.4%

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.

ConsensusKRPETCOP
Forward P/E 16.7xFY2026 11.5xFY2026 13.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.01FY2026 $1.80FY2026 $11.12FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +23.2%FY2026 +48.8%FY2026 +80.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -5.0% -9.4% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $414.25MFY2026 $124.23BFY2026 $76.43BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.1%FY2026 +45.2%FY2026 +24.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.6% +1.4% -5.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKRPETCOP
Held by institutions 31.0% 31.4% 84.0%
Institutions holding 212 1,279 2,436
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.9% +1.9% -1.6%
Institutions buying 120 628 1,119
Institutions selling 41 340 961
Buyers to sellers 2.93 1.85 1.16

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.

KRPETCOP
KRP 1.00 0.42 0.62
ET 0.42 1.00 0.47
COP 0.62 0.47 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KRP, ET and COP?

Conocophillips (COP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) $1.62B, Energy Transfer (ET) $70.32B, Conocophillips (COP) $179.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, KRP, ET and COP?

Energy Transfer (ET) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 20.6x, Energy Transfer (ET) 13.9x, Conocophillips (COP) 19.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Energy Transfer (ET) is cheapest (Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 16.7x, Energy Transfer (ET) 11.5x, Conocophillips (COP) 13.6x). 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: Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) +6.2%, Energy Transfer (ET) +33.3%, Conocophillips (COP) +8.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) has the highest net margin (Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 23.0%, Energy Transfer (ET) 4.7%, Conocophillips (COP) 14.2%). On return on invested capital, Conocophillips (COP) leads (Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 12.7%, Energy Transfer (ET) 8.4%, Conocophillips (COP) 22.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Conocophillips (COP) returned the most: Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) +26.2%, Energy Transfer (ET) +23.2%, Conocophillips (COP) +72.0%. Over five years, Energy Transfer (ET) compounded fastest (Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) +2.1%/yr, Energy Transfer (ET) +16.2%/yr, Conocophillips (COP) +15.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) has the highest dividend yield: Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 0.09%, Energy Transfer (ET) 0.07%, Conocophillips (COP) 0.02%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Energy Transfer (ET) has been the steadiest (Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 23.0%, Energy Transfer (ET) 17.5%, Conocophillips (COP) 30.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KRP, ET and COP?

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 5. 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.