VNOM vs HCC vs NRP Stock Comparison

Viper Energy, Warrior Met Coal and Natural Resource Partners Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
VNOM Viper Energy, Inc.
$46.46 +14.6% 1M +27.6% 1Y
Market cap
$16.55B
P/E
152.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.04B
Div. yield
3.51%
Oil and Gas Royalties Energy
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Natural Resource Partners leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Natural Resource Partners 5, Warrior Met Coal 4, Viper Energy 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionVNOMHCCNRPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.55B $4.41B $1.56B VNOM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 152.6x 20.1x 14.7x NRP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.3x 12.1x 6.0x NRP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +107.8% +37.5% -16.2% VNOM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.9% 13.0% 53.4% NRP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.4% 9.2% — HCC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.5x -0.4x 0.0x HCC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 3.51% 0.38% 2.66% VNOM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +27.6% +29.4% +14.7% HCC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +28.4%/yr +30.4%/yr NRP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.0% 51.3% 21.2% NRP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 44/100 84/100 50/100 HCC

Percentile Scorecard

VNOMHCCNRP

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

AxisVNOMHCCNRP
Valuation 20 #79 of 99 73 #7 of 23 32 #68 of 99
Growth 30 #68 of 97 90 #3 of 21 12 #86 of 97
Profitability 48 #50 of 96 88 #3 of 18 91 #10 of 96
Financial Health 83 #18 of 102 86 #4 of 22 95 #6 of 102
Shareholder Returns 37 #49 of 77 – 24 #59 of 77
Overall 44 84 50
  • VNOM ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • HCC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium
  • NRP 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

PeriodVNOMHCCNRPSPY
1 month +14.6%-9.1%+6.6% +0.9%
3 months +7.6%+5.5%+19.0% +5.9%
6 months -5.0%-7.3%+0.4% +8.5%
Year to date +20.3%-5.4%+12.5% +13.3%
1 year +27.6%+29.4%+14.7% +12.4%
3 years —+73.4%+75.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year —+20.2%+20.7% +23.5%
5 years —+248.1%+276.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year —+28.4%+30.4% +11.0%
10 years ——+351.7% +263.4%
10 years, per year ——+16.3% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureVNOMHCCNRPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.0%51.3%21.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.5%47.1%17.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.270.40-0.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.990.570.69 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.6%-45.6%-28.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.8%-24.3%-6.4% -0.9%
52-week high $50.95$110.28$125.41 $779.14
52-week low $35.84$64.22$95.97 $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.

MultipleVNOMHCCNRP
P/E now vs peer median 152.6xmedian 12.4x 20.1xmedian 27.3x 14.7xmedian 12.4x
P/S now vs peer median 8.1xmedian 2.0x 2.6xmedian 7.5x 7.8xmedian 2.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 5.9x 9.6xmedian 29.3x 11.5xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 83.6xmedian 10.0x -96.5xmedian 10.6x 9.7xmedian 10.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.5x 1.9xmedian 1.2x 2.4xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.92 -0.90median 51.60 -0.93median 0.92

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 monthsVNOMHCCNRP
Revenue $2.04B $1.68B $198.28M
Gross profit – $540.14M $173.52M
Operating income $251.00M $229.26M $111.66M
Net income $103.00M $219.33M $106.70M
Free cash flow $198.00M -$45.68M $159.82M
EPS (diluted) $0.30 $4.15 $7.93
Cash & equivalents $77.00M $302.35M $30.13M
Total debt $1.68B $154.59M $27.36M
Shares (diluted) 193.73M 52.87M 13.33M
Enterprise value $21.62B $3.10B $1.43B

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
MetricVNOMHCCNRP
P/E 152.6x 20.1x 14.7x
P/FCF 83.6x -96.5x 9.7x
P/Operating cash flow 11.1x 14.6x 9.7x
P/S 8.1x 2.6x 7.8x
P/B 1.6x 1.9x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 1.6x 1.9x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 17.0x 9.6x 11.5x
EV/EBIT 72.3x 18.5x 13.9x
EV/Revenue 8.9x 2.5x 7.8x
EV/FCF 91.7x -92.8x 9.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.1x 14.1x 9.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -0.90 -0.93

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVNOMHCCNRP
Revenue growth (1Y) 107.8% 37.5% -16.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 1.1% -20.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 86.2% -17.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -11.4% -21.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -56.0% 808.1% -33.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -24.9% -28.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -83.4% 443.7% -31.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -22.0% -28.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -89.2% 441.1% -26.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -22.4% -15.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 82.8% -20.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -26.5% -19.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 83.3% -20.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -28.5% -19.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVNOMHCCNRP
Gross margin – 32.1% 87.5%
EBITDA margin 52.3% 26.3% 68.4%
Operating margin 12.3% 13.6% 56.3%
Pretax margin 7.6% 13.6% 53.8%
Net margin 2.9% 13.0% 53.4%
FCF margin 9.7% -2.7% 80.6%
Operating cash flow margin 73.2% 17.9% 80.6%
Return on equity 1.0% 9.8% 16.6%
Return on assets 0.9% 7.7% 14.0%
Return on invested capital 1.4% 9.2% –
Return on capital employed 2.1% 8.7% 15.2%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 14.5x 1.4x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.3% 4.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVNOMHCCNRP
Debt / assets 13.9% 5.3% 3.6%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.1x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.5x -0.4x 0.0x
Debt / FCF 8.5x -3.4x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 14.7% 21.0% 14.2%
Equity / assets 85.3% 79.0% 85.8%
Interest coverage – 17.1x 22.5x
Current ratio 6.4x 3.9x 2.1x
Quick ratio 6.2x 2.5x 2.1x
Cash ratio 0.8x 1.4x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 5.85 6.44 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVNOMHCCNRP
Dividend yield 3.5% 0.4% 2.7%
Net buyback yield 2.5% – –
Shareholder yield 6.0% 0.4% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 413.6% – 39.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) 215.2% – 26.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -27.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -25.2%

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.

ConsensusVNOMHCCNRP
Forward P/E 17.3xFY2026 12.1xFY2026 6.0xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $2.69FY2026 $6.91FY2026 $19.64FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +62.0%FY2026 +533.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +2.2% +35.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.57BFY2026 $2.11BFY2026 $491.16MFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +83.3%FY2026 +60.9%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +2.0% +4.2% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVNOMHCCNRP
Held by institutions 100.0% 96.7% 37.0%
Institutions holding 496 345 76
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.4% +3.1% +1.1%
Institutions buying 264 188 30
Institutions selling 150 114 24
Buyers to sellers 1.76 1.65 1.25

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.

VNOMHCCNRP
VNOM 1.00 0.14 0.05
HCC 0.14 1.00 0.31
NRP 0.05 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, VNOM, HCC and NRP?

Viper Energy (VNOM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Viper Energy (VNOM) $16.55B, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) $4.41B, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) $1.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, VNOM, HCC and NRP?

Natural Resource Partners (NRP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Viper Energy (VNOM) 152.6x, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 20.1x, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) 14.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) is cheapest (Viper Energy (VNOM) 17.3x, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 12.1x, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) 6.0x). 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) +107.8%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +37.5%, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) -16.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Natural Resource Partners (NRP) has the highest net margin (Viper Energy (VNOM) 2.9%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 13.0%, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) 53.4%). On return on invested capital, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) leads (Viper Energy (VNOM) 1.4%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 9.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Warrior Met Coal (HCC) returned the most: Viper Energy (VNOM) +27.6%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +29.4%, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) +14.7%. Over five years, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) compounded fastest (Warrior Met Coal (HCC) +28.4%/yr, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) +30.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Viper Energy (VNOM) has the highest dividend yield: Viper Energy (VNOM) 3.51%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 0.38%, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) 2.66%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) has been the steadiest (Viper Energy (VNOM) 28.0%, Warrior Met Coal (HCC) 51.3%, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) 21.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Natural Resource Partners (NRP) 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.