Head to Head Analysis: ZaZa Energy (OTCMKTS:ZAZA) & TXO Partners (NYSE:TXO)

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

Risk & Volatility

TXO Partners has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZaZa Energy has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for TXO Partners and ZaZa Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TXO Partners	0	0	1	1	3.50
ZaZa Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00

TXO Partners currently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.23%. Given TXO Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TXO Partners is more favorable than ZaZa Energy.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares TXO Partners and ZaZa Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TXO Partners	$285.45 million	2.78	-$103.99 million	($5.94)	-3.26
ZaZa Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

ZaZa Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TXO Partners.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TXO Partners	-63.22%	8.05%	5.41%
ZaZa Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.4% of TXO Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 56.9% of ZaZa Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TXO Partners beats ZaZa Energy on 8 of the 11 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 ZaZa Energy

ZaZa Energy Corporation, an independent oil and gas company, focuses on the exploration and production of unconventional and conventional oil and gas assets in the United States. The company's properties include the Eagle Ford East Trend comprising approximately 41,000 net acres in Houston, Leon, Madison, Grimes, Walker, Trinity, and Montgomery counties in East Texas; and Eagle Ford Trend covering approximately 3,700 net acres located in DeWitt and Lavaca counties in South Texas. ZaZa Energy Corporation is headquartered in Houston, Texas.