Reviewing Osage Exploration and Development (OTCMKTS:OEDVQ) and TXO Partners (NYSE:TXO)

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Osage Exploration and Development and TXO Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share 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	$380.72 million	2.01	-$103.99 million	($5.94)	-3.14

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

27.4% of TXO Partners shares are held 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.

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%

Analyst Ratings

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

	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, indicating a potential upside of 39.34%. Given TXO Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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.