Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM – Get Free Report) and Toro (NASDAQ:TORO – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Black Stone Minerals and Toro’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Black Stone Minerals | 61.72% | 41.48% | 25.30% |
| Toro | 22.67% | 2.49% | 1.43% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Black Stone Minerals and Toro”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Black Stone Minerals | $469.92 million | 6.60 | $299.93 million | $1.21 | 12.04 |
| Toro | $21.08 million | 5.56 | $5.93 million | $0.04 | 136.38 |
Black Stone Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Toro. Black Stone Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Black Stone Minerals and Toro, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Black Stone Minerals | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Toro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Black Stone Minerals presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.95%. Given Black Stone Minerals’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Black Stone Minerals is more favorable than Toro.
Summary
Black Stone Minerals beats Toro on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Black Stone Minerals
Black Stone Minerals, L.P., together with its subsidiaries, owns and manages oil and natural gas mineral interests. It owns mineral interests in approximately 16.8 million gross acres, nonparticipating royalty interests in 1.8 million gross acres, and overriding royalty interests in 1.6 million gross acres located in 41 states in the United States. The company was founded in 1876 and is based in Houston, Texas.
About Toro
Toro Corp., a shipping company, acquires, owns, charters, and operates oceangoing tanker vessels and provides seaborne transportation services for crude oil LPG, and refined petroleum products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Aframax/LR2 Tanker, Handysize Tanker, and LPG Carrier. As of December 31, 2023, it operated a fleet of one Handysize tanker vessel; one Aframax/LR2 vessel; and four LPG carrier vessels with an aggregate cargo carrying capacity of 0.1 million deadweight ton. Toro Corp. was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Limassol, Cyprus.
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