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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BSM Black Stone Minerals	$15.52 +1.0%	$15.71	$14.80 ▼ $18.55	$3.26B	0.92	494,099 shs	602,924 shs
CRK Comstock Resources	$9.53 +3.1%	$8.58	$7.07 ▼ $13.39	$2.65B	0.7	4.63 million shs	3.43 million shs
MUR Murphy Oil	$46.01 +1.8%	$43.17	$32.80 ▼ $49.14	$7.02B	2.21	1.84 million shs	1.31 million shs
PDCE PDC Energy	$73.85	$73.92	$51.85 ▼ $82.24	$6.43B	2.47	1.35 million shs	N/A
VNOM Viper Energy	$39.04 +0.3%	$37.07	$24.48 ▼ $41.22	$6.90B	1.79	971,030 shs	488,501 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BSM Black Stone Minerals	-2.29%	-5.42%	-2.63%	-5.30%	-7.64%
CRK Comstock Resources	+0.44%	-3.55%	+14.87%	+15.59%	-15.63%
MUR Murphy Oil	-0.18%	-5.24%	+0.96%	+19.75%	+19.01%
PDCE PDC Energy	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	+10.85%
VNOM Viper Energy	0.00%	-4.61%	+4.26%	+26.61%	+32.11%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
BSM Black Stone Minerals	2.7321 of 5 stars	2.2	2.0	1.7	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.5
CRK Comstock Resources	3.6361 of 5 stars	2.0	1.0	3.3	0.6	2.2	1.7	3.1
MUR Murphy Oil	4.7111 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	2.5	1.6	3.1	2.5	3.1
PDCE PDC Energy	1.8526 of 5 stars	1.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.7	4.4
VNOM Viper Energy	2.5578 of 5 stars	1.5	3.0	2.5	0.0	3.0	1.7	2.5

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BSM Black Stone Minerals	2.33	Hold	$19.33	24.61% Upside
CRK Comstock Resources	2.00	Hold	$9.67	1.49% Upside
MUR Murphy Oil	2.50	Moderate Buy	$49.50	7.59% Upside
PDCE PDC Energy	2.00	Hold	$75.00	1.56% Upside
VNOM Viper Energy	3.00	Buy	$40.50	3.74% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest BSM, VNOM, CRK, PDCE, and MUR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/19/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$49.00 ➝ $55.00
4/19/2024	VNOM Viper Energy	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$36.00 ➝ $43.00
4/15/2024	CRK Comstock Resources	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$10.00 ➝ $9.00
4/15/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$53.00 ➝ $55.00
4/11/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sector Outperform ➝ Sector Perform	$46.00 ➝ $50.00
4/10/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$54.00
4/10/2024	VNOM Viper Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$44.00
4/5/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$58.00 ➝ $59.00
4/5/2024	VNOM Viper Energy	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$47.00 ➝ $52.00
4/4/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$51.00 ➝ $52.00
4/2/2024	CRK Comstock Resources	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$8.00 ➝ $9.00

(Data available from 4/19/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BSM Black Stone Minerals	$592.22M	5.51	$2.21 per share	7.03	$4.37 per share	3.55
CRK Comstock Resources	$1.57B	1.69	$2.79 per share	3.42	$8.56 per share	1.11
MUR Murphy Oil	$3.45B	2.04	$10.41 per share	4.42	$35.93 per share	1.28
PDCE PDC Energy	$4.68B	1.37	$24.06 per share	3.07	$43.22 per share	1.71
VNOM Viper Energy	$826.79M	8.35	$1.99 per share	19.59	$16.16 per share	2.42

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BSM Black Stone Minerals	$422.55M	$1.87	8.30	9.70	N/A	70.46%	42.38%	30.78%	5/6/2024 (Confirmed)
CRK Comstock Resources	$211.12M	$0.76	12.53	8.14	N/A	13.49%	5.65%	2.21%	5/1/2024 (Confirmed)
MUR Murphy Oil	$661.56M	$4.22	10.90	7.10	N/A	19.12%	13.02%	7.06%	5/2/2024 (Confirmed)
PDCE PDC Energy	$1.78B	$20.01	3.15	4.72	0.16	43.85%	28.47%	14.49%	N/A
VNOM Viper Energy	$200.09M	$2.70	14.46	20.88	N/A	24.17%	8.29%	6.24%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest BSM, VNOM, CRK, PDCE, and MUR Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/6/2024	N/A	BSM Black Stone Minerals	$0.34	N/A	-$0.34	N/A	N/A	N/A
5/2/2024	N/A	MUR Murphy Oil	$0.88	N/A	-$0.88	N/A	N/A	N/A
5/1/2024	N/A	CRK Comstock Resources	$0.03	N/A	-$0.03	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/30/2024	N/A	VNOM Viper Energy	$0.35	N/A	-$0.35	N/A	N/A	N/A
2/20/2024	12/31/2023	BSM Black Stone Minerals	$0.50	$0.65	+$0.15	$0.65	$142.67 million	$190.84 million
2/20/2024	Q4 2023	VNOM Viper Energy	$0.47	$0.67	+$0.20	$0.64	$204.61 million	$204.70 million
2/13/2024	Q4 2023	CRK Comstock Resources	$0.16	$0.10	-$0.06	-$0.19	$401.97 million	$410.58 million
1/25/2024	12/31/2023	MUR Murphy Oil	$1.00	$0.90	-$0.10	$1.05	$852.24 million	$844.20 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BSM Black Stone Minerals	$1.90	12.25%	N/A	101.60%	3 Years
CRK Comstock Resources	$0.50	5.25%	N/A	65.79%	N/A
MUR Murphy Oil	$1.20	2.61%	+20.74%	28.44%	3 Years
PDCE PDC Energy	$1.60	2.17%	N/A	8.00%	2 Years
VNOM Viper Energy	$1.08	2.77%	+15.21%	40.00%	N/A

Latest BSM, VNOM, CRK, PDCE, and MUR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/3/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	quarterly	$0.30	2.54%	5/17/2024	5/20/2024	6/3/2024
4/17/2024	BSM Black Stone Minerals	Quarterly	$0.3750	9.77%	5/9/2024	5/10/2024	5/17/2024
2/20/2024	VNOM Viper Energy	None	$0.56	3%	3/4/2024	3/5/2024	3/12/2024
1/25/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	quarterly	$0.30	3.12%	2/16/2024	2/20/2024	3/4/2024
1/31/2024	BSM Black Stone Minerals	Quarterly	$0.4750	11.69%	2/15/2024	2/16/2024	2/23/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BSM Black Stone Minerals	N/A	7.48	7.48
CRK Comstock Resources	1.11	0.68	0.68
MUR Murphy Oil	0.24	0.89	0.82
PDCE PDC Energy	0.34	0.49	0.49
VNOM Viper Energy	0.38	4.32	4.32

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BSM Black Stone Minerals	14.49%
CRK Comstock Resources	36.13%
MUR Murphy Oil	78.31%
PDCE PDC Energy	95.18%
VNOM Viper Energy	87.72%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BSM Black Stone Minerals	19.60%
CRK Comstock Resources	1.50%
MUR Murphy Oil	5.92%
PDCE PDC Energy	1.50%
VNOM Viper Energy	0.30%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BSM Black Stone Minerals	2,020	210.31 million	169.09 million	Optionable
CRK Comstock Resources	251	278.43 million	274.25 million	Optionable
MUR Murphy Oil	725	152.58 million	143.54 million	Optionable
PDCE PDC Energy	616	87.01 million	85.70 million	Optionable
VNOM Viper Energy	2,020	176.85 million	176.32 million	Optionable

VNOM, BSM, CRK, PDCE, and MUR Headlines

Source	Headline
	Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) Price Target Raised to $43.00 marketbeat.com - April 19 at 2:26 PM
	Piper Sandler Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Viper Energy (VNOM) markets.businessinsider.com - April 19 at 1:59 PM
	Ninepoint Partners LP Buys 150,000 Shares of Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) marketbeat.com - April 19 at 1:28 PM
	Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC Buys 301,288 Shares of Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) marketbeat.com - April 15 at 5:36 AM
	Viper Energy: Upside Exposure To Oil Prices Should Boost Its 2024 Dividend seekingalpha.com - April 13 at 9:43 AM
	Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest americanbankingnews.com - April 12 at 5:12 AM
	Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) Hits New 1-Year High at $40.59 americanbankingnews.com - April 12 at 4:06 AM
	Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) Receives New Coverage from Analysts at Barclays americanbankingnews.com - April 11 at 5:50 AM
	Breaking Down Viper Energy: 4 Analysts Share Their Views markets.businessinsider.com - April 10 at 7:17 PM
	Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) Reaches New 1-Year High at $40.59 marketbeat.com - April 10 at 10:44 AM
	Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) Shares Could Be 40% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate finance.yahoo.com - April 7 at 1:06 PM
	Truist Financial Increases Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) Price Target to $52.00 marketbeat.com - April 5 at 2:19 PM
	3 Oil & Gas Stocks Poised to Continue Their Winning Streaks in 2024 zacks.com - April 5 at 11:21 AM
	Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) Reaches New 12-Month High at $38.84 marketbeat.com - April 4 at 3:06 PM
	SG Americas Securities LLC Invests $1.76 Million in Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) marketbeat.com - March 29 at 4:28 AM
	Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) Receives Average Rating of "Buy" from Analysts marketbeat.com - March 29 at 2:14 AM
	Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) Short Interest Down 50.7% in March marketbeat.com - March 28 at 8:34 AM
	CUSHING ASSET MANAGEMENT LP dba NXG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Has $5.70 Million Position in Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) marketbeat.com - March 27 at 4:47 PM
	Viper Energy, Inc., a Subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc., Schedules First Quarter 2024 Conference Call for May 1, 2024 globenewswire.com - March 25 at 4:15 PM
	Why Is Viper Energy (VNOM) Up 4.3% Since Last Earnings Report? zacks.com - March 21 at 12:36 PM
	VNOM Jun 2024 42.000 call finance.yahoo.com - March 18 at 8:33 AM
	VNOM Dec 2024 42.000 call finance.yahoo.com - March 18 at 12:44 AM
	VNOM Apr 2024 32.000 put finance.yahoo.com - March 18 at 12:44 AM
	VNOM Mar 2024 29.000 call finance.yahoo.com - March 14 at 1:23 PM

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Company Descriptions

Black Stone Minerals

NYSE:BSM

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.

Comstock Resources

NYSE:CRK

Comstock Resources, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas and oil properties in the United States. Its assets are located in the Haynesville and Bossier shales located in North Louisiana and East Texas. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas.

Murphy Oil

NYSE:MUR

Murphy Oil Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It explores for and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company was formerly known as Murphy Corporation and changed its name to Murphy Oil Corporation in 1964. The company was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

PDC Energy

NASDAQ:PDCE

PDC Energy, Inc., an independent exploration and production company, acquires, explores for, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the United States. The company's operations are primarily located in the Wattenberg Field in Colorado and the Delaware Basin in Texas. The company was formerly known as Petroleum Development Corporation and changed its name to PDC Energy, Inc. in June 2012. PDC Energy, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Viper Energy

NASDAQ:VNOM

Viper Energy, Inc. owns and acquires mineral and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin, North America. Viper Energy Partners GP LLC operates as the general partner of the company. The company was formerly known as Viper Energy Partners LP and changed its name to Viper Energy, Inc. in November 2023. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Midland, Texas. Viper Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc.

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