Would You Still Hold Texas Pacific Land Stock If It Fell Another 30%?

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Texas Pacific Land

Texas Pacific Land (TPL) stock is down 67.2% in 5 trading days. The recent slide reflects renewed concerns around declining water sales and recent earnings misses, but sharp drops like this often raise a tougher question: is the weakness temporary, or a sign of deeper cracks in the story?

Before judging its downturn reslience, let’s look at where Texas Pacific Land stands today.

  • Size: Texas Pacific Land is a $20 Bil company with $772 Mil in revenue currently trading at $294.53.
  • Fundamentals: Last 12 month revenue growth of 12.5% and operating margin of 75.8%.
  • Liquidity: Has Debt to Equity ratio of 0.0 and Cash to Assets ratio of 0.35
  • Valuation: Texas Pacific Land stock is currently trading at P/E multiple of 42.6 and P/EBIT multiple of 34.7
  • Has returned (median) 21.5% within a year following sharp dips since 2010. See TPL Dip Buy Analysis.

These metrics point to a Strong operational performance, alongside Very High valuation – making the stock Relatively Expensive. For details, see Buy or Sell TPL Stock

That brings us to the key consideration for investors worried about this fall: how resilient is TPL stock if markets turn south? This is where our downturn resilience framework comes in. Suppose TPL stock falls another 20-30% to $206 – can investors comfortably hold on? Turns out, the stock has fared worse than the S&P 500 index during various economic downturns, based on (a) how much the stock fell and, (b) how quickly it recovered. Below, we dive deeper into each such downturn.

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2022 Inflation Shock

  • TPL stock fell 52.8% from a high of $905.02 on 7 November 2022 to $427.55 on 23 June 2023 vs. a peak-to-trough decline of 25.4% for the S&P 500.
  • However, the stock fully recovered to its pre-Crisis peak by 19 September 2024
  • Since then, the stock increased to a high of $1,730.00 on 24 November 2024 , and currently trades at $294.53

  TPL S&P 500
% Change from Pre-Recession Peak -52.8% -25.4%
Time to Full Recovery 454 days 464 days

 
2020 Covid Pandemic

  • TPL stock fell 62.4% from a high of $273.12 on 8 January 2020 to $102.78 on 23 March 2020 vs. a peak-to-trough decline of 33.9% for the S&P 500.
  • However, the stock fully recovered to its pre-Crisis peak by 11 January 2021

  TPL S&P 500
% Change from Pre-Recession Peak -62.4% -33.9%
Time to Full Recovery 294 days 148 days

 
2018 Correction

  • TPL stock fell 50.5% from a high of $290.66 on 3 October 2018 to $144.00 on 21 December 2018 vs. a peak-to-trough decline of 19.8% for the S&P 500.
  • However, the stock fully recovered to its pre-Crisis peak by 10 April 2019

  TPL S&P 500
% Change from Pre-Recession Peak -50.5% -19.8%
Time to Full Recovery 110 days 120 days

 
2008 Global Financial Crisis

  • TPL stock fell 73.2% from a high of $20.50 on 29 June 2007 to $5.50 on 9 March 2009 vs. a peak-to-trough decline of 56.8% for the S&P 500.
  • However, the stock fully recovered to its pre-Crisis peak by 21 March 2013

  TPL S&P 500
% Change from Pre-Recession Peak -73.2% -56.8%
Time to Full Recovery 1,473 days 1,480 days

 
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