Reviewing South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) and TXO Partners (NYSE:TXO)

TXO Partners (NYSE:TXO) and South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

TXO Partners has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, South Bow has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares TXO Partners and South Bow”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TXO Partners	$401.01 million	1.98	-$21.62 million	($0.77)	-18.56
South Bow	$1.99 billion	3.49	$433.00 million	$2.21	15.03

South Bow has higher revenue and earnings than TXO Partners. TXO Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Bow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares TXO Partners and South Bow’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TXO Partners	-9.23%	-5.59%	-2.83%
South Bow	22.99%	15.84%	3.73%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for TXO Partners and South Bow, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TXO Partners	1	0	2	2	3.00
South Bow	4	7	4	0	2.00

TXO Partners presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.96%. South Bow has a consensus price target of $32.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.62%. Given TXO Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe TXO Partners is more favorable than South Bow.

Dividends

TXO Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. TXO Partners pays out -207.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. South Bow pays out 90.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TXO Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. TXO Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

South Bow beats TXO Partners on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About South Bow

South Bow Corp is a strategic liquids pipeline company. It is a new liquids-focused midstream infrastructure company. South Bow Corp is based in Canada.