Reviewing BPI Energy (OTCMKTS:BPIGF) & TXO Partners (NYSE:TXO)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for TXO Partners and BPI Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

TXO Partners presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.09%. Given TXO Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe TXO Partners is more favorable than BPI Energy.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares TXO Partners and BPI Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TXO Partners	$380.72 million	1.93	-$103.99 million	($5.94)	-3.02
BPI Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

BPI Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares TXO Partners and BPI 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%
BPI Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

TXO Partners beats BPI Energy on 8 of the 9 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 BPI Energy

BPI Energy Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, BPI Energy, Inc., engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, production, and sale of coalbed methane (CBM) properties in the United States. It owns approximately 500,000 acres of CBM rights in the Illinois Basin. The company also has interests in Southern Illinois Basin project covering approximately 10,000 acres in the southern part of the Illinois Basin; the Northern Illinois Basin project covering 353,531 acres in Montgomery, Shelby, Christian, Fayette, and Macoupin Counties in Illinois; and the Western Illinois Basin project covering 135,948 acres in Clinton, Washington, Marion, and Perry Counties in Illinois. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Solon, Ohio.