Critical Review: Osage Exploration and Development (OTCMKTS:OEDVQ) vs. TXO Partners (NYSE:TXO)

Osage Exploration and Development (OTCMKTS:OEDVQ) and TXO Partners (NYSE:TXO) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Osage Exploration and Development and TXO Partners”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Osage Exploration and Development	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TXO Partners	$285.45 million	2.72	-$103.99 million	($5.94)	-3.20

Osage Exploration and Development has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TXO Partners.

Profitability

This table compares Osage Exploration and Development and TXO Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Osage Exploration and Development	N/A	N/A	N/A
TXO Partners	-63.22%	8.05%	5.41%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

27.4% of TXO Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Osage Exploration and Development has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TXO Partners has a beta of 0.11, meaning that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Osage Exploration and Development and TXO Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Osage Exploration and Development	0	0	0	0	0.00
TXO Partners	0	0	1	1	3.50

TXO Partners has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.77%. Given TXO Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TXO Partners is more favorable than Osage Exploration and Development.

Summary

TXO Partners beats Osage Exploration and Development on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Osage Exploration and Development

Osage Exploration & Development, Inc. is an exploration and production company, which interests in oil and gas wells and prospects. It is focused on the Horizontal Mississippian and Woodford plays in Oklahoma. The company was founded on February 24, 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

About TXO Partners

TXO Partners, L.P., an oil and natural gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, optimization, and exploitation of conventional oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquid reserves in North America. Its acreage positions are concentrated in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico and the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Colorado. The company was formerly known as TXO Energy Partners, L.P. and changed its name to TXO Partners, L.P. in May 2023. TXO Partners, L.P. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.