Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL) Leads Peers in Value Creation with High ROIC

Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL) creates value with a return on invested capital (ROIC) of 30.81%, above its weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of 7.73%.

TC Trade Conquest Newsroom November 13, 2026 ·1 min read

Key takeaways

Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL) achieves a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) of 30.81%, significantly above its Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) of 7.73%.
The company's ROIC-to-WACC ratio of 3.98 is the highest among the companies analyzed.
While Tejon Ranch Co. destroys value, other companies like Matador Resources Company, Viper Energy, Inc., MarketAxess Holdings Inc., and The St. Joe Company also demonstrate value creation.

Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL) creates value with a return on invested capital (ROIC) of 30.81%, above its weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of 7.73%. Its ROIC-to-WACC ratio of 3.98 is the highest among the companies listed.

Tejon Ranch Co. (NYSE: TRC) destroys value: its ROIC of 0.37% falls below its WACC of 6.72%.

Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) creates value with a ROIC of 9.18% against a WACC of 7.22%. Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: VNOM) also creates value, with a ROIC of 7.69% and a WACC of 5.33%.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTX) creates value with a ROIC of 19.93% and a WACC of 8.52%. The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE) does the same, with a ROIC of 11.65% above its WACC of 10.80%.