NYSE:LB LandBridge Q3 2024 Earnings Report $69.38 -0.33 (-0.47%) Closing price 05/15/2026 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$68.98 -0.39 (-0.57%) As of 05/15/2026 07:55 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. ProfileEarnings HistoryForecast LandBridge EPS ResultsActual EPS$0.07Consensus EPS $0.31Beat/MissMissed by -$0.24One Year Ago EPSN/ALandBridge Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$28.49 millionExpected Revenue$35.50 millionBeat/MissMissed by -$7.01 millionYoY Revenue GrowthN/ALandBridge Announcement DetailsQuarterQ3 2024Date11/6/2024TimeAfter Market ClosesConference Call DateThursday, November 7, 2024Conference Call Time9:00AM ETUpcoming EarningsLandBridge's Q2 2026 earnings is estimated for Wednesday, August 5, 2026, based on past reporting schedules, with a conference call scheduled on Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptSlide DeckPress Release (8-K)Quarterly Report (10-Q)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfileSlide DeckFull Screen Slide DeckPowered by LandBridge Q3 2024 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrNovember 7, 2024 ShareLink copied to clipboard.Key Takeaways In Q3, Landbridge delivered 60% year-over-year revenue growth, 62% year-over-year adjusted EBITDA growth and an 88% adjusted EBITDA margin, with 90% of revenues now from fee-based arrangements to reduce commodity price exposure. Signed a lease development agreement for a 2,000-acre data center ground lease, including an $8 million non-refundable deposit, a two-year site selection period and escalating lease payments plus power-generation profit sharing. Expanded land holdings with a 1,200-acre acquisition in Winkler County (adding contracted water-infrastructure revenue) and under contract for 5,800 acres in Lea County, enhancing synergies with adjacent Stateline assets. Generated $7.1 million of free cash flow in Q3, paid down $120 million of debt to reach a 2.8× net leverage ratio (down from 4.2×), and amended credit facilities to boost liquidity and suspend term-loan amortization. Oil and gas royalty revenue declined 35% sequentially, driven by lower net production and average realized pricing. AI Generated. May Contain Errors.Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallLandBridge Q3 202400:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2xTranscript SectionsPresentationParticipantsPresentationSkip to Participants Operator00:00:01Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. My name is Desiree, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the LandBridge third quarter 2024 results. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After this speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, again, press star one. I would now like to turn the conference over to Jason Long, our CEO. You may begin. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:00:43Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining our third quarter earnings call. Our results demonstrate the strength and momentum of our business as we continue to benefit from a sustained level of activity in the Delaware Basin. During the quarter, we delivered 60% year-over-year revenue growth, 62% year-over-year Adjusted EBITDA growth, and 88% Adjusted EBITDA margins. Notably, we continued to grow the percentage of revenues derived from fee-based arrangements versus oil and gas royalties to further mitigate our direct exposure to commodity price fluctuations. In the third quarter, non-oil and gas royalty revenue streams, which include surface use royalties and revenues and resource sales and royalties, accounted for 90% of overall revenues, up from 83% last quarter and 65% in the same quarter last year. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:01:32And by actively managing our land and resources, we continue to position ourselves to capitalize on a broad array of commercial opportunities at the Texas-New Mexico state line. As mentioned last quarter, West Texas is an increasingly popular area for renewable energy and digital infrastructure development, and our acreage is ideally situated for data centers to support AI and cloud computing services, which require low-cost fuel, water for cooling, and fiber optic infrastructure. As a reminder, in July, we signed a non-binding letter of intent for a long-term ground lease for the development of a data center. This month in November, we executed a lease development agreement for the development of a data center and related facilities across approximately 2,000 acres of our land in Reeves County, Texas. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:02:14The lease development agreement includes, among other things, a non-refundable $8 million deposit due in December 2024 for a two-year site selection period and construction of the data center within a subsequent four-year period. Upon initiation of construction of the data center, the counterparty will make escalating annual lease payments along with additional payments based on the net revenue received with respect to the power generation facilities to be located on the leased property. We also continue to expand our land holdings. In November, we acquired an additional 1,200 surface acres in Winkler County, Texas, and are under contract to acquire an additional 5,800 acres in Lea County, New Mexico. The Winkler County acquisition is adjacent to East Stateline Ranch and includes water infrastructure that generates revenue under a long-term contract with an active sand mine. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:03:01The Lea County opportunity is strategically located just north of our state line assets. We are looking forward to continuing to identify opportunities to build out our surface acreage, as well as new prospects to develop additional revenue-generating infrastructure projects. In short, we believe our performance to date reflects our unique and promising business model, which is characterized by diversified revenue streams, industry-leading margins, and low capital intensity. We see no shortage of opportunities ahead to continue growing and creating substantial value for our shareholders. Now I'll turn it over to Scott to go through the numbers in more detail. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:03:35Thank you, Jason, and welcome to everyone joining us this morning. As Jason mentioned, we continue to deliver strong results, and we see this as evidence that our active land management strategy is working exactly as intended. Our third quarter revenues increased to $28.5 million, up 9.8% sequentially and 60% year-over-year. This was driven by surface use royalties and revenue, which grew 14% sequentially, and resource sales and royalties, which increased 29% sequentially. Revenue from oil and gas royalties declined 35% sequentially, which is attributable to a decrease in net royalty production as well as a decrease in average realized pricing. Thanks to our highly efficient operating model, we delivered adjusted EBITDA of $25 million, which increased 6.8% sequentially and 62% year-over-year, and which represents an 88% adjusted EBITDA margin. We generated free cash flow of approximately $7.1 million and free cash flow margin of 25%. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:04:31The sequential decrease in free cash flow is attributable to an $11.1 million impact from non-recurring IPO-related expenses and lease termination cost. Longer term, we continue to expect substantial free cash flow and free cash flow margins around 70%. We ended the quarter with total liquidity of $74.4 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $14.4 million and $60 million under our revolving credit facility. We continue to execute against our capital allocation priorities. As a reminder, these priorities are threefold. First, maintaining a strong balance sheet over time to maximize our financial flexibility. Deleveraging remains an accretive use of our cash flow, and during the quarter, we paid down approximately $120 million in debt. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:05:14We ended the quarter with $281.3 million of debt outstanding under our term loan and revolving credit facility, and a net leverage ratio of 2.8 times compared to 4.2 times at the end of the second quarter. In addition, subsequent to the end of the quarter, we amended our debt facilities, increasing the maximum available under our revolving credit facility by $25 million to $100 million, and increasing our term loan to $300 million with an additional $75 million uncommitted accordion term loan. Under the term loan amendment, we are no longer required to make amortization payments. Second, we are committed to returning capital to shareholders, and we have declared our inaugural quarterly dividend to shareholders of $0.10 per share. This quarterly dividend provides shareholders another important way to share in our successes. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:05:58And finally, we continue to pursue value-enhancing land acquisitions with a focus on underutilized and under-commercialized land, and Jason mentioned our most recent acquisitions in Texas adjacent to the East Stateline Ranch, as well as in Lea County. Looking ahead, we will continue to prioritize growing our revenues through commercial efforts on our existing surface, as well as strategic acquisitions of land as we identify new development opportunities, and we expect our strong growth trajectory to continue. Before closing, as promised, we are also introducing annual guidance today, now that we've completed a full quarter as a public company. For the full year 2024, we expect $95 million-$100 million of EBITDA. In our earnings press release, we've detailed several assumptions underpinning this guidance range, including higher-than-expected surface use royalties and the lease development agreement deposit payment related to the data center development mentioned earlier. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:06:48For the full year 2025, we expect $140 million-$160 million of EBITDA, driven primarily by the incremental contributions of our new acquisitions, initial contribution of the 250-megawatt solar facility to surface use revenues, and the growth of surface use royalties through higher produced water volumes. In conclusion, we delivered another strong quarter and are confident in our growth prospects as we continue to capitalize on the development opportunities in the basin to deliver value creation for our shareholders. At this point, we'd like to open up the line to questions. Operator? Operator00:07:31Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session. If you have dialed in and would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad to raise your hand and join the queue. If you would like to withdraw your question, simply press star one again. If you are called upon to ask your question and are listening via speakerphone on your device, please pick up your handset to ensure that your phone is not on mute when asking your question. Again, press star one to join the queue. Our first question comes from the line of Charles Meade with Johnson Rice. Your line is open. Charles MeadeAnalyst at Johnson Rice00:08:17I want to ask a question about these two acquisitions you did, and I note that it looks like both of them come with revenue streams, and I just wondered if you could maybe. I recognize some of this may be sensitive. But if you could just give us an idea of what kind of multiple you paid for them, or if you don't want to talk about that, talk about perhaps the trajectory of those EBITDA streams. And Jason, I think you mentioned in your comments on the Lea County acquisition being right adjacent to State Line. Talk about perhaps any synergies that you might be unlocking with these acquisitions that wouldn't be obvious to someone from the outside looking in. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:08:59Good morning, Charles. Scott here. No, very good question. Yeah, just to give you all some quantitative information to work with, the two acquisitions in aggregate were roughly $47 million. They're generating about $9 million of EBITDA today. And so tracking to just over a five-times multiple, which is something that we find obviously very attractive financially, and I think equally as important, the locations of the assets, one being contiguous with the East Stateline Ranch, the second being in New Mexico, just present a lot of opportunities for, for one, synergies with our existing operations on the East Stateline Ranch, as well as synergies with the WaterBridge platform in New Mexico as it looks to extend its reach from the state line into New Mexico. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:09:46And so when you think through the ability for us to leverage that WaterBridge relationship, this is just a great example of that. The fee surface in New Mexico is just less abundant than what you get in Texas, and so opportunities to find the right surface at the right price and the right location to be able to exercise on those synergies is rare. And so this was one that we were excited to tackle here, and I think one that's going to serve us very well from a growth prospect going forward. Charles MeadeAnalyst at Johnson Rice00:10:18Got it. Thank you for that detail, Scott. And then I also would like to ask about the, it looks like really the strength of your 2025 guide is really based on those two core pieces of your, the two largest pieces of your revenue and EBITDA, the surface use royalties and resource sales and royalties. In this kind of third quarter reporting season for E&P companies, there's been a lot of, a lot of people saying, "We're going to decrease activity levels or maybe keep the same footage drilled and do it with fewer assets," and there's just a lot of people kind of, there's been more people looking to turn the dial down on activity than turn up the activity. Charles MeadeAnalyst at Johnson Rice00:11:00And so I'm wondering if you can comment on if you're seeing that as you kind of look at your operators who are active with your assets and what might explain that you guys are going countertrend to that? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:11:16Really good question. I would say, as we thought through guidance for 2025, we took what you just outlined certainly in mind. What we're seeing right now from producers along the state line is a continued focus or maybe more of a focus on drilling efficiencies, and we're seeing that evidenced by the DUC inventory right now along the state line being the highest it's been as folks think through completion efficiencies and making sure they're getting the most return for their buck, and so that's something that we are in close communications with producers with, both on the LandBridge and the WaterBridge side, so we're tracking it pretty meaningfully. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:11:53I think what's really driving our growth outside of the broader oil and gas industry, I would say, still having the tailwinds that you just mentioned, particularly in the Delaware, are just a lot of these opportunities we have to also expand beyond that. And we mentioned in our earnings release, for example, that the solar project that we've been working through is going out for development now that we've got this lease development agreement with the data center executed. It just makes that project that much more valuable given it's adjacent to the data center site. And so we're really chasing a lot of these opportunities that are quite valuable and diversify away from the traditional oil and gas space. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:12:29So, I think it's an important element to remember as you think through our growth trajectory, while oil and gas is a big piece of the story today. There's certainly more than that at the moment, and that's going to continue to be a piece of our business that's growing meaningfully here over the near term. Charles MeadeAnalyst at Johnson Rice00:12:43Great detail. Thank you, Scott. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:12:45Yeah, thank you, Charles. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:12:45Thanks, Charles. Operator00:12:54Our next question comes from the line of John Mackay with Goldman Sachs. Your line is open. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:13:06Hey, good morning, John. Operator00:13:11John, maybe your microphone is on mute. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:13:29Operator, maybe we move to the next question, yeah, and let John dial back in here. Operator00:13:34Absolutely. Our next question comes from the line of Alexander Goldfarb from Piper Sandler. Your line is open. Alexander GoldfarbSenior REIT Analyst and Managing Director at Piper Sandler00:13:43Hey, good morning down there. Are you guys happy with the pending changes in energy policy following Tuesday? So two questions here. The first one is, good to see the data center deal signed and appreciate the outline of the terms, the two-year pre-development phase and four-year construction as part of the agreement as far as hurdles that need to be achieved. But in thinking about the timeline that the data center takes and other commercial projects, you bought acquisition land in the quarter at five times EBITDA, and I think your stock is trading somewhere around 30 times on my math or our math. So just trying to get a sense for what the trajectory of the growth is now that you've been public for a few quarters, and it seems like more commercial ventures are starting to form. Alexander GoldfarbSenior REIT Analyst and Managing Director at Piper Sandler00:14:40Just trying to understand what obviously the stock's pricing in a tremendous amount of growth. Just trying to see what's on your plate and what types of projects we could see announced in the next few quarters because clearly it takes time for these projects to come to fruition. But curious what you guys are seeing because the stock is certainly pricing in a lot of good stuff, and I'm just trying to get a better sense of how that's looking from your perspective. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:15:08Yeah, great question. Yeah, I mentioned on the last earnings call that commercial traction out of the gate was even stronger than we had hoped for. And that certainly holds true. And I think what your question alludes to is a lot of these projects that utilize our surface are not short-term, call it quick win kind of projects. These are long-term, oftentimes capital intensive from the operator and the developer standpoint type of projects, but ones that just generate meaningful long-term value for LandBridge. And so all of those discussions I kind of referenced on the last call are still very much ongoing and are making progress. And I think there are a lot of wins that we expect to have and share with you all over the coming quarters. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:15:54It's tough to quantify exactly. This is the growth trajectory we're going to see, but I'll say with the amount of surface that we have, our ability to grow our position accretively as we can, and the commercial landscape that's out there, our ability to generate meaningful double-digit kind of growth profile over the near to medium term seems very, very likely. It's tough to say that the answer is X, but I think ultimately the ability to grow returns here, grow our cash flow base, and be able to return that growth as value to investors, I think is going to be very, very achievable given what we see in the pipeline at the moment. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:16:36But just given the timeline to roll out, sign the deals, do the pre-development, and build, I mean, not everything is as complex as a data center. It still seems like it's probably three to four years at least before we start seeing commercial NOI start to really expand and grow. Is that a reasonable timeline, or do you think it could be sooner than, let's say, four years before we really start to see a meaningful contribution? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:17:04Yeah, we would start seeing the cash flow impact ahead of that. I mean, I think this data center opportunity is a good reference point. The $8 million deposit payment that we're receiving, we will also be generating revenue throughout the construction phase. We will be receiving rent through the construction phase of the project. From LandBridge's perspective, we're able to start realizing that uplift well in advance of some of these projects, which can be multi-year, the data center being the obvious example, before those become operational. And so we would certainly see the most uplift once these sites are operational, once we start seeing the benefits of not just the full lease payment, but also part of the economics being a profits interest on the power generation. But that said, it's not a hair trigger where we go from zero to call it full uplift. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:17:57There's going to be a phasing in of cash flow for us as these projects come online, and I think that's going to be a part of the growth story here over the next couple of years. Alexander GoldfarbSenior REIT Analyst and Managing Director at Piper Sandler00:18:06Okay. And then just second question is on windmills. The VP-elect was recently on a podcast and was talking about he's not a real big fan of the tax incentives for windmills. Just curious, on your alternative energy rollout, what percentage are windmills? I know you guys do a lot of solar, but just curious on the windmills, if that's a big contributor or if that's sort of a smaller part and more of the alternative energy is on the solar front. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:18:37Great question. No revenue from windmills today. I mean, we have some of those commercial opportunities in the pipeline, so obviously there could be some discussion points there, but no impact to the business as of today. And then I think more generally speaking, we would see this administration's stance to being called status quo to very constructive relative to the bulk of our business here. And so, yeah, appreciate there are a little nuanced things like wind worth talking about, but I think generally speaking, from LandBridge's perspective, more tailwinds coming out of this recent election cycle. Alexander GoldfarbSenior REIT Analyst and Managing Director at Piper Sandler00:19:13Thank you. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:19:15Thanks, Alex. Operator00:19:17Our next question comes from the line of Kevin MacCurdy with Pickering Energy Partners. Your line is open. Kevin MacCurdyAnalyst at Pickering Energy Partners00:19:25Hey, good morning. We appreciate the color on 2025. It looks like produced water is really the driver of a higher EBITDA next year than we expected. I wonder if you could talk about the outperformance of that business a little bit and what is driving the higher volumes there? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:19:44So I would say there's a few things just out of the gate that have really worked in our favor. I mean, first, we spoke to the relationship WaterBridge has with Devon. That's been a fantastic partnership on the WaterBridge side, and Devon is very focused on ensuring that their water volumes are handled responsibly. And a big piece of that solution is sending water to WaterBridge assets on LandBridge surface. And so there's been a focus from their side to really move as much of their water as possible onto our surface, given the WaterBridge operating methodology of ensuring proper spacing between sites, as an example, really provide the longevity to operations that they're looking for. I think second, on the WaterBridge side as well, just the commercial traction that we've seen on that front has been incredibly positive. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:20:35We've got a number of blue chip operators looking for solutions at scale, and a lot of those projects are starting to come online next year. And so we on the WaterBridge side continue to see good commercial traction. I think that's largely because of the land and the pore space access that we have via LandBridge. And I think conversely, to LandBridge's benefit here, we're seeing the synergies of that WaterBridge relationship, given the fact that all of this commercial wins or these commercial wins WaterBridge is achieving are just working in the benefit of LandBridge in the form of those royalties. And so part of the thesis from the get-go out of the gate was the water company and the land company really serve each other well. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:21:17I think it's just that kind of proving itself out here in the eyes of a lot of these larger producers. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:21:22Yeah. The only thing I would add to that is we obviously strategically located all of these acquisitions from a surface standpoint, but also from a geological standpoint. And to Scott's point on the pore space, we've been very successful thinking through not only in basin solutions for operators, but also out of basin solutions. And from a WaterBridge standpoint and from other third parties, have been very successful in bringing that stuff to fruition. Kevin MacCurdyAnalyst at Pickering Energy Partners00:21:55Got it. I appreciate that answer. And as a follow-up, it seems that all the Delaware operators are talking up efficiency gains and raising their production forecasts. And I know your team keeps a pretty detailed macro outlook on the basin. And just curious if you're seeing any changes to your outlook based on these efficiency gains or anything changing in terms of water cuts? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:22:24I would say there's certainly a focus on the efficiency side. I mean, honestly, that plays out more for WaterBridge as it thinks through its capital planning and infrastructure build-out. I mean, from LandBridge's perspective, we continue to be, I would say, the beneficiaries of increasing development in the Permian, and that's kind of the takeaway there. I think the fortunate thing about our business is there's no capital required to kind of keep up with those called the evolving methodologies that upstream producers are seeing at the moment. So we are just ultimately, again, the beneficiaries of the free cash flow that's coming out of these called new production cycles, but yeah, I mean, from a general macro outlook on average, I mean, we continue to see growth in the Delaware next year, meaningful growth. I think that comes as no surprise. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:23:14I mean, I guess the only thing I would flag that we haven't spoken to is as producers are looking to develop out one section of surface or acreage rather in a more concentrated period of time, that typically lends itself to developing out deeper benches. And there's inherently higher water cuts that we see in those deeper benches. And so these more concentrated development approaches kind of coupled with the transition from shallower development to deeper development is just going to lend itself to, on average, a higher water-to-oil ratio across all production along the state line and in New Mexico. And so WaterBridge will be obviously the beneficiary of those water cuts. And in turn, so will LandBridge, given it'll be receiving a higher royalty on average per barrel of oil than it has historically. Kevin MacCurdyAnalyst at Pickering Energy Partners00:24:03I appreciate the answers. Thank you. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:24:06Yeah, thanks, Kevin. Operator00:24:08Our next question comes from the line of Lauren Goldstein with Investor. Your line is open. Operator00:24:16Thank you. Good morning. A couple of questions. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:24:19Good morning. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:24:21Thank you. Fine. When you talk data centers and others talk data centers, I have now seen 300,000 sq ft centers. I've seen years ago 10,000, 5,000, and I've recently seen over 7 million sq ft data centers. What do you mean by data centers? What are you negotiating? The first one-on-ones we will see, what's the size of them? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:24:56Great question. So this initial lease is for 2,000 acres for a 1 gigawatt data center. The infrastructure itself will clearly not take up that full 2,000 acres. It is going to be a mix of the buildings themselves that house the data centers, the power infrastructure needed to power the data centers, and then just the associated infrastructure that's needed to support the data centers. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:25:21Yeah, the one thing I'd add to that is once the infrastructure is in place, it's a lot easier to grow these campuses, as we say, in scale, right? So the infrastructure being in place, we could see these one gigawatt data center growing to five or six gigawatts over time. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:25:41Okay. So you're not willing to respond in terms of sq ft of the complex of the “data center,†unquote? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:25:53Yeah. In terms of the actual square footage of the buildings themselves, I can't speak to that offhand. What's been given to us or voiced over to us by the developers is rather this 2,000-acre lease initially is, yeah, going to be for a 1-gigawatt data center initially. But to Jason's point, that site is not limited to 1 gigawatt. They've got the ability to scale up to 5 to 6 gigawatts on that 2,000-acre plot. So there's ample runway and benefits of scale to having those co-located. But no, I don't know the exact square footage of the buildings themselves. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:26:41Okay. Thank you. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:26:43Yeah. Thank you. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:26:44Thank you. Operator00:26:46Our next question comes from the line of Janice Roton with LandBridge. Your line is open. Janice RotonCompany Representative at LandBridge00:26:54Hi, my question is real short. Where are you posting your earnings reports? Because I've been online and I can't find them. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:27:03Yeah. We should have them posted in the IR portal on our website, on the landbridgeco.com website. Janice RotonCompany Representative at LandBridge00:27:10Okay. But where on the website? IR with. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:27:16Yeah. There should be an investors portal on the website. Janice RotonCompany Representative at LandBridge00:27:21Okay. Go ahead and take another question. I'll see if I can. For some reason, I missed that. I'll see if I can do it. Go ahead and take another question. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:27:28Yeah. There's an investor relations link up top. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:27:30Yeah. No problem. And if you've got issues hunting it down, feel free to shoot me a note at scott.mcneely@landbridgeco.com, and I can happily have a call with you afterwards and walk through it. Janice RotonCompany Representative at LandBridge00:27:40But I didn't get an answer. But that's okay. I'll look for it. Okay. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:27:45Okay. Janice RotonCompany Representative at LandBridge00:27:46Go ahead and take another call, and I'll see if I can find it. Okay. Bye. Operator00:27:54There are no further questions at this time. Mr. Scott McNeely, I turn the call back over to you. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:28:01Thanks again for everyone joining today. Please feel free to reach out to us if we can be helpful. But again, we appreciate your support. We hope everyone enjoys the rest of the week. Operator00:28:12Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's conference call. You may now disconnect.Read moreParticipantsExecutivesJanice RotonCompany RepresentativeJason LongCEOScott McNeelyCFOAnalystsKevin MacCurdyAnalyst at Pickering Energy PartnersAlexander GoldfarbSenior REIT Analyst and Managing Director at Piper SandlerCharles MeadeAnalyst at Johnson RiceAnalystPowered by Earnings DocumentsSlide DeckPress Release(8-K)Quarterly report(10-Q) LandBridge Earnings HeadlinesShareholders Will Be Pleased With The Quality of LandBridge's (NYSE:LB) EarningsMay 14, 2026 | finance.yahoo.comLandBridge Earnings Call Highlights Royalty-Fueled MomentumMay 10, 2026 | tipranks.comGoldman Sachs just told you what to buy (most people missed it)Goldman Sachs just revealed that 40% of AI data centers will be crippled by electricity shortages by 2027 - not chips, not funding, but power. Demand is growing 15% per year and the grid can't keep up. One small company makes the exact equipment these data centers need. 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It owns surface acres in and around the Delaware Basin in Texas and New Mexico. The company holds a portfolio of oil and gas royalties. It also sells brackish water and other surface composite materials. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Houston, Texas. 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PresentationSkip to Participants Operator00:00:01Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. My name is Desiree, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the LandBridge third quarter 2024 results. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After this speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, again, press star one. I would now like to turn the conference over to Jason Long, our CEO. You may begin. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:00:43Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining our third quarter earnings call. Our results demonstrate the strength and momentum of our business as we continue to benefit from a sustained level of activity in the Delaware Basin. During the quarter, we delivered 60% year-over-year revenue growth, 62% year-over-year Adjusted EBITDA growth, and 88% Adjusted EBITDA margins. Notably, we continued to grow the percentage of revenues derived from fee-based arrangements versus oil and gas royalties to further mitigate our direct exposure to commodity price fluctuations. In the third quarter, non-oil and gas royalty revenue streams, which include surface use royalties and revenues and resource sales and royalties, accounted for 90% of overall revenues, up from 83% last quarter and 65% in the same quarter last year. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:01:32And by actively managing our land and resources, we continue to position ourselves to capitalize on a broad array of commercial opportunities at the Texas-New Mexico state line. As mentioned last quarter, West Texas is an increasingly popular area for renewable energy and digital infrastructure development, and our acreage is ideally situated for data centers to support AI and cloud computing services, which require low-cost fuel, water for cooling, and fiber optic infrastructure. As a reminder, in July, we signed a non-binding letter of intent for a long-term ground lease for the development of a data center. This month in November, we executed a lease development agreement for the development of a data center and related facilities across approximately 2,000 acres of our land in Reeves County, Texas. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:02:14The lease development agreement includes, among other things, a non-refundable $8 million deposit due in December 2024 for a two-year site selection period and construction of the data center within a subsequent four-year period. Upon initiation of construction of the data center, the counterparty will make escalating annual lease payments along with additional payments based on the net revenue received with respect to the power generation facilities to be located on the leased property. We also continue to expand our land holdings. In November, we acquired an additional 1,200 surface acres in Winkler County, Texas, and are under contract to acquire an additional 5,800 acres in Lea County, New Mexico. The Winkler County acquisition is adjacent to East Stateline Ranch and includes water infrastructure that generates revenue under a long-term contract with an active sand mine. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:03:01The Lea County opportunity is strategically located just north of our state line assets. We are looking forward to continuing to identify opportunities to build out our surface acreage, as well as new prospects to develop additional revenue-generating infrastructure projects. In short, we believe our performance to date reflects our unique and promising business model, which is characterized by diversified revenue streams, industry-leading margins, and low capital intensity. We see no shortage of opportunities ahead to continue growing and creating substantial value for our shareholders. Now I'll turn it over to Scott to go through the numbers in more detail. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:03:35Thank you, Jason, and welcome to everyone joining us this morning. As Jason mentioned, we continue to deliver strong results, and we see this as evidence that our active land management strategy is working exactly as intended. Our third quarter revenues increased to $28.5 million, up 9.8% sequentially and 60% year-over-year. This was driven by surface use royalties and revenue, which grew 14% sequentially, and resource sales and royalties, which increased 29% sequentially. Revenue from oil and gas royalties declined 35% sequentially, which is attributable to a decrease in net royalty production as well as a decrease in average realized pricing. Thanks to our highly efficient operating model, we delivered adjusted EBITDA of $25 million, which increased 6.8% sequentially and 62% year-over-year, and which represents an 88% adjusted EBITDA margin. We generated free cash flow of approximately $7.1 million and free cash flow margin of 25%. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:04:31The sequential decrease in free cash flow is attributable to an $11.1 million impact from non-recurring IPO-related expenses and lease termination cost. Longer term, we continue to expect substantial free cash flow and free cash flow margins around 70%. We ended the quarter with total liquidity of $74.4 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $14.4 million and $60 million under our revolving credit facility. We continue to execute against our capital allocation priorities. As a reminder, these priorities are threefold. First, maintaining a strong balance sheet over time to maximize our financial flexibility. Deleveraging remains an accretive use of our cash flow, and during the quarter, we paid down approximately $120 million in debt. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:05:14We ended the quarter with $281.3 million of debt outstanding under our term loan and revolving credit facility, and a net leverage ratio of 2.8 times compared to 4.2 times at the end of the second quarter. In addition, subsequent to the end of the quarter, we amended our debt facilities, increasing the maximum available under our revolving credit facility by $25 million to $100 million, and increasing our term loan to $300 million with an additional $75 million uncommitted accordion term loan. Under the term loan amendment, we are no longer required to make amortization payments. Second, we are committed to returning capital to shareholders, and we have declared our inaugural quarterly dividend to shareholders of $0.10 per share. This quarterly dividend provides shareholders another important way to share in our successes. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:05:58And finally, we continue to pursue value-enhancing land acquisitions with a focus on underutilized and under-commercialized land, and Jason mentioned our most recent acquisitions in Texas adjacent to the East Stateline Ranch, as well as in Lea County. Looking ahead, we will continue to prioritize growing our revenues through commercial efforts on our existing surface, as well as strategic acquisitions of land as we identify new development opportunities, and we expect our strong growth trajectory to continue. Before closing, as promised, we are also introducing annual guidance today, now that we've completed a full quarter as a public company. For the full year 2024, we expect $95 million-$100 million of EBITDA. In our earnings press release, we've detailed several assumptions underpinning this guidance range, including higher-than-expected surface use royalties and the lease development agreement deposit payment related to the data center development mentioned earlier. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:06:48For the full year 2025, we expect $140 million-$160 million of EBITDA, driven primarily by the incremental contributions of our new acquisitions, initial contribution of the 250-megawatt solar facility to surface use revenues, and the growth of surface use royalties through higher produced water volumes. In conclusion, we delivered another strong quarter and are confident in our growth prospects as we continue to capitalize on the development opportunities in the basin to deliver value creation for our shareholders. At this point, we'd like to open up the line to questions. Operator? Operator00:07:31Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session. If you have dialed in and would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad to raise your hand and join the queue. If you would like to withdraw your question, simply press star one again. If you are called upon to ask your question and are listening via speakerphone on your device, please pick up your handset to ensure that your phone is not on mute when asking your question. Again, press star one to join the queue. Our first question comes from the line of Charles Meade with Johnson Rice. Your line is open. Charles MeadeAnalyst at Johnson Rice00:08:17I want to ask a question about these two acquisitions you did, and I note that it looks like both of them come with revenue streams, and I just wondered if you could maybe. I recognize some of this may be sensitive. But if you could just give us an idea of what kind of multiple you paid for them, or if you don't want to talk about that, talk about perhaps the trajectory of those EBITDA streams. And Jason, I think you mentioned in your comments on the Lea County acquisition being right adjacent to State Line. Talk about perhaps any synergies that you might be unlocking with these acquisitions that wouldn't be obvious to someone from the outside looking in. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:08:59Good morning, Charles. Scott here. No, very good question. Yeah, just to give you all some quantitative information to work with, the two acquisitions in aggregate were roughly $47 million. They're generating about $9 million of EBITDA today. And so tracking to just over a five-times multiple, which is something that we find obviously very attractive financially, and I think equally as important, the locations of the assets, one being contiguous with the East Stateline Ranch, the second being in New Mexico, just present a lot of opportunities for, for one, synergies with our existing operations on the East Stateline Ranch, as well as synergies with the WaterBridge platform in New Mexico as it looks to extend its reach from the state line into New Mexico. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:09:46And so when you think through the ability for us to leverage that WaterBridge relationship, this is just a great example of that. The fee surface in New Mexico is just less abundant than what you get in Texas, and so opportunities to find the right surface at the right price and the right location to be able to exercise on those synergies is rare. And so this was one that we were excited to tackle here, and I think one that's going to serve us very well from a growth prospect going forward. Charles MeadeAnalyst at Johnson Rice00:10:18Got it. Thank you for that detail, Scott. And then I also would like to ask about the, it looks like really the strength of your 2025 guide is really based on those two core pieces of your, the two largest pieces of your revenue and EBITDA, the surface use royalties and resource sales and royalties. In this kind of third quarter reporting season for E&P companies, there's been a lot of, a lot of people saying, "We're going to decrease activity levels or maybe keep the same footage drilled and do it with fewer assets," and there's just a lot of people kind of, there's been more people looking to turn the dial down on activity than turn up the activity. Charles MeadeAnalyst at Johnson Rice00:11:00And so I'm wondering if you can comment on if you're seeing that as you kind of look at your operators who are active with your assets and what might explain that you guys are going countertrend to that? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:11:16Really good question. I would say, as we thought through guidance for 2025, we took what you just outlined certainly in mind. What we're seeing right now from producers along the state line is a continued focus or maybe more of a focus on drilling efficiencies, and we're seeing that evidenced by the DUC inventory right now along the state line being the highest it's been as folks think through completion efficiencies and making sure they're getting the most return for their buck, and so that's something that we are in close communications with producers with, both on the LandBridge and the WaterBridge side, so we're tracking it pretty meaningfully. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:11:53I think what's really driving our growth outside of the broader oil and gas industry, I would say, still having the tailwinds that you just mentioned, particularly in the Delaware, are just a lot of these opportunities we have to also expand beyond that. And we mentioned in our earnings release, for example, that the solar project that we've been working through is going out for development now that we've got this lease development agreement with the data center executed. It just makes that project that much more valuable given it's adjacent to the data center site. And so we're really chasing a lot of these opportunities that are quite valuable and diversify away from the traditional oil and gas space. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:12:29So, I think it's an important element to remember as you think through our growth trajectory, while oil and gas is a big piece of the story today. There's certainly more than that at the moment, and that's going to continue to be a piece of our business that's growing meaningfully here over the near term. Charles MeadeAnalyst at Johnson Rice00:12:43Great detail. Thank you, Scott. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:12:45Yeah, thank you, Charles. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:12:45Thanks, Charles. Operator00:12:54Our next question comes from the line of John Mackay with Goldman Sachs. Your line is open. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:13:06Hey, good morning, John. Operator00:13:11John, maybe your microphone is on mute. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:13:29Operator, maybe we move to the next question, yeah, and let John dial back in here. Operator00:13:34Absolutely. Our next question comes from the line of Alexander Goldfarb from Piper Sandler. Your line is open. Alexander GoldfarbSenior REIT Analyst and Managing Director at Piper Sandler00:13:43Hey, good morning down there. Are you guys happy with the pending changes in energy policy following Tuesday? So two questions here. The first one is, good to see the data center deal signed and appreciate the outline of the terms, the two-year pre-development phase and four-year construction as part of the agreement as far as hurdles that need to be achieved. But in thinking about the timeline that the data center takes and other commercial projects, you bought acquisition land in the quarter at five times EBITDA, and I think your stock is trading somewhere around 30 times on my math or our math. So just trying to get a sense for what the trajectory of the growth is now that you've been public for a few quarters, and it seems like more commercial ventures are starting to form. Alexander GoldfarbSenior REIT Analyst and Managing Director at Piper Sandler00:14:40Just trying to understand what obviously the stock's pricing in a tremendous amount of growth. Just trying to see what's on your plate and what types of projects we could see announced in the next few quarters because clearly it takes time for these projects to come to fruition. But curious what you guys are seeing because the stock is certainly pricing in a lot of good stuff, and I'm just trying to get a better sense of how that's looking from your perspective. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:15:08Yeah, great question. Yeah, I mentioned on the last earnings call that commercial traction out of the gate was even stronger than we had hoped for. And that certainly holds true. And I think what your question alludes to is a lot of these projects that utilize our surface are not short-term, call it quick win kind of projects. These are long-term, oftentimes capital intensive from the operator and the developer standpoint type of projects, but ones that just generate meaningful long-term value for LandBridge. And so all of those discussions I kind of referenced on the last call are still very much ongoing and are making progress. And I think there are a lot of wins that we expect to have and share with you all over the coming quarters. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:15:54It's tough to quantify exactly. This is the growth trajectory we're going to see, but I'll say with the amount of surface that we have, our ability to grow our position accretively as we can, and the commercial landscape that's out there, our ability to generate meaningful double-digit kind of growth profile over the near to medium term seems very, very likely. It's tough to say that the answer is X, but I think ultimately the ability to grow returns here, grow our cash flow base, and be able to return that growth as value to investors, I think is going to be very, very achievable given what we see in the pipeline at the moment. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:16:36But just given the timeline to roll out, sign the deals, do the pre-development, and build, I mean, not everything is as complex as a data center. It still seems like it's probably three to four years at least before we start seeing commercial NOI start to really expand and grow. Is that a reasonable timeline, or do you think it could be sooner than, let's say, four years before we really start to see a meaningful contribution? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:17:04Yeah, we would start seeing the cash flow impact ahead of that. I mean, I think this data center opportunity is a good reference point. The $8 million deposit payment that we're receiving, we will also be generating revenue throughout the construction phase. We will be receiving rent through the construction phase of the project. From LandBridge's perspective, we're able to start realizing that uplift well in advance of some of these projects, which can be multi-year, the data center being the obvious example, before those become operational. And so we would certainly see the most uplift once these sites are operational, once we start seeing the benefits of not just the full lease payment, but also part of the economics being a profits interest on the power generation. But that said, it's not a hair trigger where we go from zero to call it full uplift. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:17:57There's going to be a phasing in of cash flow for us as these projects come online, and I think that's going to be a part of the growth story here over the next couple of years. Alexander GoldfarbSenior REIT Analyst and Managing Director at Piper Sandler00:18:06Okay. And then just second question is on windmills. The VP-elect was recently on a podcast and was talking about he's not a real big fan of the tax incentives for windmills. Just curious, on your alternative energy rollout, what percentage are windmills? I know you guys do a lot of solar, but just curious on the windmills, if that's a big contributor or if that's sort of a smaller part and more of the alternative energy is on the solar front. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:18:37Great question. No revenue from windmills today. I mean, we have some of those commercial opportunities in the pipeline, so obviously there could be some discussion points there, but no impact to the business as of today. And then I think more generally speaking, we would see this administration's stance to being called status quo to very constructive relative to the bulk of our business here. And so, yeah, appreciate there are a little nuanced things like wind worth talking about, but I think generally speaking, from LandBridge's perspective, more tailwinds coming out of this recent election cycle. Alexander GoldfarbSenior REIT Analyst and Managing Director at Piper Sandler00:19:13Thank you. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:19:15Thanks, Alex. Operator00:19:17Our next question comes from the line of Kevin MacCurdy with Pickering Energy Partners. Your line is open. Kevin MacCurdyAnalyst at Pickering Energy Partners00:19:25Hey, good morning. We appreciate the color on 2025. It looks like produced water is really the driver of a higher EBITDA next year than we expected. I wonder if you could talk about the outperformance of that business a little bit and what is driving the higher volumes there? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:19:44So I would say there's a few things just out of the gate that have really worked in our favor. I mean, first, we spoke to the relationship WaterBridge has with Devon. That's been a fantastic partnership on the WaterBridge side, and Devon is very focused on ensuring that their water volumes are handled responsibly. And a big piece of that solution is sending water to WaterBridge assets on LandBridge surface. And so there's been a focus from their side to really move as much of their water as possible onto our surface, given the WaterBridge operating methodology of ensuring proper spacing between sites, as an example, really provide the longevity to operations that they're looking for. I think second, on the WaterBridge side as well, just the commercial traction that we've seen on that front has been incredibly positive. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:20:35We've got a number of blue chip operators looking for solutions at scale, and a lot of those projects are starting to come online next year. And so we on the WaterBridge side continue to see good commercial traction. I think that's largely because of the land and the pore space access that we have via LandBridge. And I think conversely, to LandBridge's benefit here, we're seeing the synergies of that WaterBridge relationship, given the fact that all of this commercial wins or these commercial wins WaterBridge is achieving are just working in the benefit of LandBridge in the form of those royalties. And so part of the thesis from the get-go out of the gate was the water company and the land company really serve each other well. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:21:17I think it's just that kind of proving itself out here in the eyes of a lot of these larger producers. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:21:22Yeah. The only thing I would add to that is we obviously strategically located all of these acquisitions from a surface standpoint, but also from a geological standpoint. And to Scott's point on the pore space, we've been very successful thinking through not only in basin solutions for operators, but also out of basin solutions. And from a WaterBridge standpoint and from other third parties, have been very successful in bringing that stuff to fruition. Kevin MacCurdyAnalyst at Pickering Energy Partners00:21:55Got it. I appreciate that answer. And as a follow-up, it seems that all the Delaware operators are talking up efficiency gains and raising their production forecasts. And I know your team keeps a pretty detailed macro outlook on the basin. And just curious if you're seeing any changes to your outlook based on these efficiency gains or anything changing in terms of water cuts? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:22:24I would say there's certainly a focus on the efficiency side. I mean, honestly, that plays out more for WaterBridge as it thinks through its capital planning and infrastructure build-out. I mean, from LandBridge's perspective, we continue to be, I would say, the beneficiaries of increasing development in the Permian, and that's kind of the takeaway there. I think the fortunate thing about our business is there's no capital required to kind of keep up with those called the evolving methodologies that upstream producers are seeing at the moment. So we are just ultimately, again, the beneficiaries of the free cash flow that's coming out of these called new production cycles, but yeah, I mean, from a general macro outlook on average, I mean, we continue to see growth in the Delaware next year, meaningful growth. I think that comes as no surprise. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:23:14I mean, I guess the only thing I would flag that we haven't spoken to is as producers are looking to develop out one section of surface or acreage rather in a more concentrated period of time, that typically lends itself to developing out deeper benches. And there's inherently higher water cuts that we see in those deeper benches. And so these more concentrated development approaches kind of coupled with the transition from shallower development to deeper development is just going to lend itself to, on average, a higher water-to-oil ratio across all production along the state line and in New Mexico. And so WaterBridge will be obviously the beneficiary of those water cuts. And in turn, so will LandBridge, given it'll be receiving a higher royalty on average per barrel of oil than it has historically. Kevin MacCurdyAnalyst at Pickering Energy Partners00:24:03I appreciate the answers. Thank you. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:24:06Yeah, thanks, Kevin. Operator00:24:08Our next question comes from the line of Lauren Goldstein with Investor. Your line is open. Operator00:24:16Thank you. Good morning. A couple of questions. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:24:19Good morning. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:24:21Thank you. Fine. When you talk data centers and others talk data centers, I have now seen 300,000 sq ft centers. I've seen years ago 10,000, 5,000, and I've recently seen over 7 million sq ft data centers. What do you mean by data centers? What are you negotiating? The first one-on-ones we will see, what's the size of them? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:24:56Great question. So this initial lease is for 2,000 acres for a 1 gigawatt data center. The infrastructure itself will clearly not take up that full 2,000 acres. It is going to be a mix of the buildings themselves that house the data centers, the power infrastructure needed to power the data centers, and then just the associated infrastructure that's needed to support the data centers. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:25:21Yeah, the one thing I'd add to that is once the infrastructure is in place, it's a lot easier to grow these campuses, as we say, in scale, right? So the infrastructure being in place, we could see these one gigawatt data center growing to five or six gigawatts over time. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:25:41Okay. So you're not willing to respond in terms of sq ft of the complex of the “data center,†unquote? Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:25:53Yeah. In terms of the actual square footage of the buildings themselves, I can't speak to that offhand. What's been given to us or voiced over to us by the developers is rather this 2,000-acre lease initially is, yeah, going to be for a 1-gigawatt data center initially. But to Jason's point, that site is not limited to 1 gigawatt. They've got the ability to scale up to 5 to 6 gigawatts on that 2,000-acre plot. So there's ample runway and benefits of scale to having those co-located. But no, I don't know the exact square footage of the buildings themselves. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:26:41Okay. Thank you. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:26:43Yeah. Thank you. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:26:44Thank you. Operator00:26:46Our next question comes from the line of Janice Roton with LandBridge. Your line is open. Janice RotonCompany Representative at LandBridge00:26:54Hi, my question is real short. Where are you posting your earnings reports? Because I've been online and I can't find them. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:27:03Yeah. We should have them posted in the IR portal on our website, on the landbridgeco.com website. Janice RotonCompany Representative at LandBridge00:27:10Okay. But where on the website? IR with. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:27:16Yeah. There should be an investors portal on the website. Janice RotonCompany Representative at LandBridge00:27:21Okay. Go ahead and take another question. I'll see if I can. For some reason, I missed that. I'll see if I can do it. Go ahead and take another question. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:27:28Yeah. There's an investor relations link up top. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:27:30Yeah. No problem. And if you've got issues hunting it down, feel free to shoot me a note at scott.mcneely@landbridgeco.com, and I can happily have a call with you afterwards and walk through it. Janice RotonCompany Representative at LandBridge00:27:40But I didn't get an answer. But that's okay. I'll look for it. Okay. Jason LongCEO at LandBridge00:27:45Okay. Janice RotonCompany Representative at LandBridge00:27:46Go ahead and take another call, and I'll see if I can find it. Okay. Bye. Operator00:27:54There are no further questions at this time. Mr. Scott McNeely, I turn the call back over to you. Scott McNeelyCFO at LandBridge00:28:01Thanks again for everyone joining today. Please feel free to reach out to us if we can be helpful. But again, we appreciate your support. We hope everyone enjoys the rest of the week. Operator00:28:12Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's conference call. You may now disconnect.Read moreParticipantsExecutivesJanice RotonCompany RepresentativeJason LongCEOScott McNeelyCFOAnalystsKevin MacCurdyAnalyst at Pickering Energy PartnersAlexander GoldfarbSenior REIT Analyst and Managing Director at Piper SandlerCharles MeadeAnalyst at Johnson RiceAnalystPowered by