Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) versus China Energy Recovery (OTCMKTS:CGYV) Head to Head Contrast

Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) and China Energy Recovery (OTCMKTS:CGYV) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Texas Pacific Land and China Energy Recovery’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Texas Pacific Land	61.68%	38.15%	34.45%
China Energy Recovery	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Texas Pacific Land has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Energy Recovery has a beta of -1.09, meaning that its share price is 209% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

59.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Texas Pacific Land shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.7% of China Energy Recovery shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Texas Pacific Land and China Energy Recovery”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Texas Pacific Land	$705.82 million	30.41	$453.96 million	$6.90	45.13
China Energy Recovery	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Texas Pacific Land has higher revenue and earnings than China Energy Recovery.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Texas Pacific Land and China Energy Recovery, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Texas Pacific Land	1	2	1	0	2.00
China Energy Recovery	0	0	0	0	0.00

Texas Pacific Land presently has a consensus target price of $350.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.40%. Given Texas Pacific Land’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Texas Pacific Land is more favorable than China Energy Recovery.

Summary

Texas Pacific Land beats China Energy Recovery on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Texas Pacific Land

Texas Pacific Land Corporation engages in the land and resource management, and water services and operations businesses. The company owns a 1/128th nonparticipating perpetual oil and gas royalty interest (NPRI) under approximately 85,000 acres of land; a 1/16th NPRI under approximately 371,000 acres of land; and approximately 4,000 additional net royalty acres, total of approximately 195,000 NRA located in the western part of Texas. The Land and Resource Management segment manages surface acres of land, and oil and gas royalty interest in West Texas. This segment also engages in easements, such as transporting oil, gas and related hydrocarbons, power line and utility, and subsurface wellbore easements. In addition, this segment leases its land for processing, storage, and compression facilities and roads; and is involved in sale of materials, such as caliche, sand, and other material, as well as sells land. The Water Services and Operations segment provides full-service water offerings, including water sourcing, produced-water treatment, infrastructure development, and disposal solutions to operators in the Permian Basin. This segment also holds produced water royalties. Texas Pacific Land Corporation was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

About China Energy Recovery

China Energy Recovery, Inc. designs, manufactures, installs, and services waste heat recovery systems in China. The company’s energy recovery systems capture industrial waste energy to produce electrical power, which enables industrial manufacturers to reduce their energy costs, shrink their emissions footprint, and generate saleable emissions credits. It serves petrochemical, paper manufacturing, refining/power generation, coke processing, cement, and steel industries. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.