How KNOT Offshore Partners LP stacks up

KNOP · against 196 other Energy companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

31/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #133 of 197 · scores higher than 32% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

15 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including KNOP · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 31?

Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.

Mainly because of its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Energy peers.

a lower return on assets: weaker than 80% of peers. Return on assets: 0.9% vs peer median 4.4%
a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 80% of peers. Return on invested capital: 2.8% vs peer median 9.3%
a wider operating margin: stronger than 63% of peers. Operating margin: 18.1% vs peer median 11.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = KNOP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	KNOP	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 190 reported	2.8%	9.2%	20%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 193 reported	18.1%	13.4%	58%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 194 reported	0.9%	4.4%	27%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 190 reported	2.4%	11.8%	27%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 197 reported	63.1%	41.2%	73%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around KNOP

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Texas Pacific Land CorporationTPL · US-listed	22.9B USD	100	72
2	Natural Resource Partners L.P.NRP · US-listed	1.6B USD	99	61
2	Permian Basin Royalty TrustPBT · US-listed	1.3B USD	99	59
2	Sabine Royalty TrustSBR · US-listed	1.0B USD	99	72
5	Black Stone Minerals, L.P.BSM · US-listed	3.2B USD	98	66
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130	Obsidian Energy Ltd.OBE · US-listed	697M USD	34	50
131	Enbridge Inc.ENB · US-listed	109.1B USD	33	37
132	Nordic American Tankers LimitedNAT · US-listed	1.6B USD	32	30
133	BP p.l.c.BP · US-listed	122.6B USD	31	32
133	KNOT Offshore Partners LPKNOP · US-listed	306M USD	31	48
133	Sunoco LPSUN · US-listed	13.0B USD	31	50
136	Noble Corporation plcNE · US-listed	7.0B USD	30	36
136	North American Construction Group Ltd.NOA · US-listed	318M USD	30	44
138	Summit Midstream CorporationSMC · US-listed	412M USD	29	42

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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