Contrasting Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP) and Himalaya Technologies (OTCMKTS:HMLA)

Himalaya Technologies (OTCMKTS:HMLA) and Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Himalaya Technologies has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimbell Royalty Partners has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

25.8% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Kimbell Royalty Partners shares are held by insiders. 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Himalaya Technologies and Kimbell Royalty Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Himalaya Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kimbell Royalty Partners	1	3	1	0	2.00

Kimbell Royalty Partners has a consensus target price of $17.40, suggesting a potential upside of 41.13%. Given Kimbell Royalty Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kimbell Royalty Partners is more favorable than Himalaya Technologies.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Himalaya Technologies and Kimbell Royalty Partners”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Himalaya Technologies	N/A	N/A	-$580,000.00	N/A	N/A
Kimbell Royalty Partners	$310.65 million	4.25	$66.54 million	($0.11)	-112.08

Kimbell Royalty Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Himalaya Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Himalaya Technologies and Kimbell Royalty Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Himalaya Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kimbell Royalty Partners	11.33%	5.82%	3.05%

Summary

Kimbell Royalty Partners beats Himalaya Technologies on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Himalaya Technologies

Himalaya Technologies, Inc., a development stage company, provides information services for the cannabis industry in the United States. It operates Kanab.Club, a social site for health and wellness products and services in the cannabis media market. The company was formerly known as Homeland Resources Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

About Kimbell Royalty Partners

Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP, together with its subsidiaries, engages in acquiring and owning mineral and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties in the United States. It serves as the general partner of the company. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.