NRP vs ET vs FANG Stock Comparison

Natural Resource Partners, Energy Transfer and Diamondback Energy Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ET Energy Transfer LP
$19.20 -7.3% 1M +13.5% 1Y
Market cap
$65.10B
P/E
12.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$124.53B
Div. yield
0.07%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
7 wins
FANG Diamondback Energy, Inc.
$179.58 -2.9% 1M +30.8% 1Y
Market cap
$50.12B
P/E
24.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.61B
Div. yield
–
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
1 win

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Energy Transfer leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Energy Transfer 7, Natural Resource Partners 4, Diamondback Energy 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNRPETFANGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.58B $65.10B $50.12B ET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.4x 12.5x 24.4x ET
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 5.2x 10.5x 8.1x NRP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -14.0% +56.1% +21.1% ET
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 52.6% 4.2% 11.0% NRP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.8% 3.3% ET
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.3x 3.8x 1.7x NRP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.03% 0.07% 0.00% ET
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +12.0% +13.5% +30.8% FANG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +30.2%/yr +15.6%/yr +9.6%/yr NRP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 23.6% 17.9% 33.2% ET
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 48/100 66/100 51/100 ET

Percentile Scorecard

NRPETFANG

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

AxisNRPETFANG
Valuation 26 #73 of 98 94 #3 of 35 44 #55 of 98
Growth 8 #89 of 97 82 #7 of 34 54 #45 of 97
Profitability 90 #10 of 94 36 #22 of 34 50 #48 of 94
Financial Health 96 #5 of 101 50 #18 of 35 46 #55 of 101
Shareholder Returns 22 #62 of 79 70 #10 of 31 60 #32 of 79
Overall 48 66 51
  • NRP ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • ET ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream
  • FANG 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

PeriodNRPETFANGSPY
1 month +7.4%-7.3%-2.9% -5.9%
3 months +12.1%-7.1%-5.3% -4.6%
6 months +3.7%-3.6%-5.7% +0.2%
Year to date +12.5%+16.4%+19.5% +7.5%
1 year +12.0%+13.5%+30.8% +8.2%
3 years +69.1%+42.1%+12.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +19.1%+12.4%+3.9% +19.0%
5 years +273.3%+106.5%+57.8% +56.5%
5 years, per year +30.2%+15.6%+9.6% +9.4%
10 years +285.2%+39.1%+95.9% +251.5%
10 years, per year +14.4%+3.4%+7.0% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureNRPETFANGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 23.6%17.9%33.2% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 20.1%17.7%33.0% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.25-0.18-0.50 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.510.760.93 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -28.9%-25.8%-43.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.7%-11.7%-16.0% -5.9%
52-week high $125.99$21.74$213.69 $779.14
52-week low $95.97$16.21$137.29 $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.

MultipleNRPETFANG
P/E now vs peer median 15.1xmedian 10.1x 12.6xmedian 17.6x 24.5xmedian 10.1x
P/S now vs peer median 8.0xmedian 1.7x 0.5xmedian 2.4x 2.7xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 5.1x 7.6xmedian 10.4x 8.2xmedian 5.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.6xmedian 8.9x 10.9xmedian 15.0x 12.5xmedian 8.9x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 1.3x 1.3xmedian 2.3x 1.1xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median -1.02median 0.94 0.98median 0.98 -0.96median 0.94

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 monthsNRPETFANG
Revenue $195.81M $124.53B $18.61B
Gross profit $173.16M $26.50B –
Operating income $106.07M $11.41B $2.35B
Net income $102.34M $7.56B $2.32B
Free cash flow $162.72M $6.08B $4.03B
EPS (diluted) $7.72 $1.51 $7.33
Cash & equivalents $51.69M $926.00M $558.00M
Total debt $14.31M $68.85B $13.23B
Shares (diluted) 13.34M 3.47B 279.96M
Enterprise value $1.44B $60.93B $48.82B

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
MetricNRPETFANG
P/E 15.1x 12.6x 24.5x
P/FCF 9.6x 10.9x 12.5x
P/Operating cash flow 9.6x 4.9x 4.8x
P/S 8.0x 0.5x 2.7x
P/B 2.3x 1.3x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 1.6x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 11.5x 7.6x 8.2x
EV/EBIT 14.3x 11.7x 26.8x
EV/Revenue 7.8x 1.1x 3.4x
EV/FCF 9.3x 22.0x 15.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.3x 9.9x 6.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.02 0.98 -0.96

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNRPETFANG
Revenue growth (1Y) -14.0% 56.1% 21.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -19.4% 16.6% 31.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -13.2% 23.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -20.3% 14.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -33.1% 23.7% -57.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -28.8% 12.9% -20.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -30.9% 27.7% -49.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -28.2% 13.5% -11.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -29.7% 20.9% -49.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -14.9% 13.0% -25.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -13.1% 25.2% 18.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -18.6% 12.2% 21.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -13.1% 17.2% 467.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -18.6% -1.1% 64.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNRPETFANG
Gross margin 88.4% 21.3% –
EBITDA margin 67.7% 14.2% 40.9%
Operating margin 54.2% 9.2% 12.6%
Pretax margin 52.3% 6.6% 14.8%
Net margin 52.6% 4.2% 11.0%
FCF margin 83.1% 4.9% 21.6%
Operating cash flow margin 83.1% 10.9% 55.7%
Return on equity 15.5% 15.1% 4.9%
Return on assets 13.5% 5.1% 3.1%
Return on invested capital – 8.8% 3.3%
Return on capital employed 14.5% 8.9% 3.6%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.8x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.8x 4.5x
Stock comp / revenue 4.4% 0.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNRPETFANG
Debt / assets 1.9% 46.1% 18.3%
Debt / equity 0.0x 1.4x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.3x 3.8x 1.7x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 11.3x 3.3x
Liabilities / assets 12.3% 66.8% 37.4%
Equity / assets 87.7% 33.2% 62.6%
Interest coverage 28.4x 3.1x –
Current ratio 2.7x 1.2x 0.5x
Quick ratio 2.7x 0.9x 0.5x
Cash ratio 1.8x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – – 1.58

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNRPETFANG
Dividend yield 2.7% 7.0% 2.4%
Net buyback yield – 2.1% 2.7%
Shareholder yield 2.7% 9.1% 5.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 41.1% 63.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 25.9% 79.4% –
Dividend growth (1Y) -25.3% 2.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -24.3% 6.0% –

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.

ConsensusNRPETFANG
Forward P/E 5.2xFY2023 10.5xFY2026 8.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $22.75FY2023 $1.83FY2026 $22.08FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +51.2%FY2026 +65.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -10.4% -6.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $957.88MFY2023 $127.15BFY2026 $18.84BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +48.6%FY2026 +40.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +2.0% -8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNRPETFANG
Held by institutions 37.0% 31.4% 71.6%
Institutions holding 77 1,284 1,192
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.1% +1.9% +8.6%
Institutions buying 31 630 609
Institutions selling 24 342 396
Buyers to sellers 1.29 1.84 1.54

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.

NRPETFANG
NRP 1.00 0.04 -0.02
ET 0.04 1.00 0.54
FANG -0.02 0.54 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NRP, ET and FANG?

Energy Transfer (ET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Natural Resource Partners (NRP) $1.58B, Energy Transfer (ET) $65.10B, Diamondback Energy (FANG) $50.12B.

Which stock is cheaper, NRP, ET and FANG?

Energy Transfer (ET) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Natural Resource Partners (NRP) 15.4x, Energy Transfer (ET) 12.5x, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 24.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) is cheapest (Natural Resource Partners (NRP) 5.2x, Energy Transfer (ET) 10.5x, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 8.1x). 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: Natural Resource Partners (NRP) -14.0%, Energy Transfer (ET) +56.1%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) +21.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Natural Resource Partners (NRP) has the highest net margin (Natural Resource Partners (NRP) 52.6%, Energy Transfer (ET) 4.2%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 11.0%). On return on invested capital, Energy Transfer (ET) leads (Energy Transfer (ET) 8.8%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 3.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Diamondback Energy (FANG) returned the most: Natural Resource Partners (NRP) +12.0%, Energy Transfer (ET) +13.5%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) +30.8%. Over five years, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) compounded fastest (Natural Resource Partners (NRP) +30.2%/yr, Energy Transfer (ET) +15.6%/yr, Diamondback Energy (FANG) +9.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Energy Transfer (ET) has the highest dividend yield: Natural Resource Partners (NRP) 0.03%, Energy Transfer (ET) 0.07%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 0.00%. Diamondback Energy (FANG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Energy Transfer (ET) has been the steadiest (Natural Resource Partners (NRP) 23.6%, Energy Transfer (ET) 17.9%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 33.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NRP, ET and FANG?

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 7. 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.