VNOM vs HCC vs KRP Stock Comparison

Viper Energy, Warrior Met Coal and Kimbell Royalty Partners Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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VNOM Viper Energy, Inc.
$39.70 -4.5% 1M +8.6% 1Y
Market cap
$14.36B
P/E
27.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.28B
Div. yield
4.11%
Oil and Gas Royalties Energy
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Warrior Met Coal leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Warrior Met Coal 6, Kimbell Royalty Partners 4, Viper Energy 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionVNOMHCCKRPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $14.36B $4.24B $1.58B VNOM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 27.9x 18.3x 20.3x HCC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.1x 11.6x 14.9x HCC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +92.1% +52.0% +9.0% VNOM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.1% 12.5% 21.3% KRP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.6% 9.6% 10.5% KRP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.4x -0.6x 1.9x HCC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.11% 0.40% 10.65% KRP
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.6% +21.6% +14.5% HCC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +28.8%/yr +0.0%/yr HCC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.5% 50.7% 24.0% KRP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 84/100 60/100 HCC

Percentile Scorecard

VNOMHCCKRP

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

AxisVNOMHCCKRP
Valuation 24 #75 of 98 73 #7 of 23 29 #70 of 98
Growth 95 #6 of 97 90 #3 of 21 90 #11 of 97
Profitability 68 #31 of 94 90 #3 of 20 74 #25 of 94
Financial Health 73 #28 of 101 82 #5 of 23 54 #47 of 101
Shareholder Returns 71 #24 of 79 – 54 #37 of 79
Overall 66 84 60
  • VNOM ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • HCC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • KRP 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

PeriodVNOMHCCKRPSPY
1 month -4.5%-13.0%+0.5% -5.9%
3 months -4.1%-10.4%+3.4% -4.6%
6 months -15.5%-8.5%+3.5% +0.2%
Year to date +2.8%-8.9%+27.7% +7.5%
1 year +8.6%+21.6%+14.5% +8.2%
3 years —+63.7%-8.5% +68.3%
3 years, per year —+17.9%-2.9% +19.0%
5 years —+253.8%+0.1% +56.5%
5 years, per year —+28.8%+0.0% +9.4%

Risk

MeasureVNOMHCCKRPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.5%50.7%24.0% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.3%46.0%26.4% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.250.33-0.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.290.430.60 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.6%-45.6%-43.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.1%-27.1%-11.5% -5.9%
52-week high $50.95$110.28$16.98 $779.14
52-week low $35.84$66.06$11.36 $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.

MultipleVNOMHCCKRP
P/E now vs peer median 27.9xmedian 10.1x 18.3xmedian 22.7x 20.3xmedian 10.1x
P/S now vs peer median 6.3xmedian 1.7x 2.3xmedian 5.7x 4.6xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.0xmedian 5.1x 8.0xmedian 12.2x 7.8xmedian 5.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.2xmedian 8.9x 34.7xmedian 12.1x 9.7xmedian 8.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.3x 1.8xmedian 1.0x 2.0xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.94 -0.91median 41.09 -1.75median 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 monthsVNOMHCCKRP
Revenue $2.28B $1.86B $346.81M
Gross profit – $590.49M –
Operating income $826.00M $259.33M $139.41M
Net income $600.00M $232.04M $96.30M
Free cash flow $618.00M $122.11M $163.38M
EPS (diluted) $1.42 $4.39 $0.57
Cash & equivalents $10.00M $437.07M $33.74M
Total debt $2.39B $154.77M $535.80M
Shares (diluted) 193.99M 52.88M 129.04M
Enterprise value $19.58B $2.89B $1.42B

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
MetricVNOMHCCKRP
P/E 27.9x 18.3x 20.3x
P/FCF 23.2x 34.7x 9.7x
P/Operating cash flow 8.6x 11.7x 6.8x
P/S 6.3x 2.3x 4.6x
P/B 1.4x 1.8x 2.0x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 1.8x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 10.0x 8.0x 7.8x
EV/EBIT 20.3x 15.2x 15.0x
EV/Revenue 7.3x 2.1x 6.0x
EV/FCF 27.1x 32.3x 12.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.1x 10.9x 8.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -0.91 -1.75

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVNOMHCCKRP
Revenue growth (1Y) 92.1% 52.0% 9.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 3.9% 15.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 108.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -7.8% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 220.2% 3,684% 126.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -21.0% 4.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 91.7% 559.7% 170.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -19.8% -1.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -13.5% 556.8% 7,525%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -20.2% -11.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 104.6% 74.9% -5.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -17.7% 14.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 131.4% 150.5% 608.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -16.6% 32.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVNOMHCCKRP
Gross margin – 31.7% –
EBITDA margin 73.0% 26.7% 76.7%
Operating margin 36.2% 13.9% 40.2%
Pretax margin 31.4% 13.7% 30.0%
Net margin 12.1% 12.5% 21.3%
FCF margin 27.1% 6.6% 47.1%
Operating cash flow margin 72.7% 19.5% 67.2%
Return on equity 5.8% 10.0% 13.3%
Return on assets 4.8% 7.9% 6.8%
Return on invested capital 5.6% 9.6% 10.5%
Return on capital employed 6.6% 9.6% 10.0%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.6x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.8x 1.6x 2.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.1% 4.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVNOMHCCKRP
Debt / assets 18.4% 5.2% 35.5%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.1x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.4x -0.6x 1.9x
Debt / FCF 3.9x 1.3x 3.3x
Liabilities / assets 19.4% 21.0% 48.3%
Equity / assets 80.6% 79.0% 51.7%
Interest coverage – 16.6x 3.9x
Current ratio 5.9x 4.2x 3.8x
Quick ratio 5.5x 2.9x 3.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x 1.9x 1.2x
Altman Z-score 3.81 6.30 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVNOMHCCKRP
Dividend yield 4.1% 0.4% 10.7%
Net buyback yield 2.9% – 0.9%
Shareholder yield 7.0% 0.4% 11.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) 77.7% – 163.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) 75.4% – 96.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) 45.2% – 5.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 11.3%

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.

ConsensusVNOMHCCKRP
Forward P/E 14.1xFY2026 11.6xFY2026 14.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.81FY2026 $6.91FY2026 $1.01FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +69.3%FY2026 +533.9%FY2026 +23.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -5.0% +35.0% -5.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.57BFY2026 $2.11BFY2026 $414.25MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +83.3%FY2026 +60.9%FY2026 +24.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.0% +4.6% +5.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVNOMHCCKRP
Held by institutions 100.0% 96.7% 31.0%
Institutions holding 497 345 213
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.4% +3.1% -2.9%
Institutions buying 265 188 121
Institutions selling 150 114 41
Buyers to sellers 1.77 1.65 2.95

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.

VNOMHCCKRP
VNOM 1.00 0.14 0.66
HCC 0.14 1.00 0.11
KRP 0.66 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, VNOM, HCC and KRP?

Viper Energy (VNOM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Viper Energy (VNOM) $14.36B, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) $4.24B, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) $1.58B.

Which stock is cheaper, VNOM, HCC and KRP?

Warrior Met Coal (HCC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Viper Energy (VNOM) 27.9x, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 18.3x, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 20.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) is cheapest (Viper Energy (VNOM) 14.1x, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 11.6x, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 14.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Viper Energy (VNOM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Viper Energy (VNOM) +92.1%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +52.0%, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) +9.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) has the highest net margin (Viper Energy (VNOM) 12.1%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 12.5%, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 21.3%). On return on invested capital, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) leads (Viper Energy (VNOM) 5.6%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 9.6%, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 10.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Warrior Met Coal (HCC) returned the most: Viper Energy (VNOM) +8.6%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +21.6%, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) +14.5%. Over five years, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) compounded fastest (Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +28.8%/yr, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) +0.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) has the highest dividend yield: Viper Energy (VNOM) 4.11%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 0.40%, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 10.65%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) has been the steadiest (Viper Energy (VNOM) 29.5%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 50.7%, Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) 24.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, VNOM, HCC and KRP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 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.