Berry (BRY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Berry Petroleum Company is an independent oil and gas exploration and production firm with primary operations in the United States. The company focuses on the development, production and acquisition of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Berry concentrates its efforts on two core regions: California’s San Joaquin Basin and the Williston Basin in North Dakota.

In California, Berry’s flagship asset is the Midway-Sunset Field, one of the largest onshore oil fields in North America. There, the company employs a combination of traditional drilling and enhanced recovery techniques—such as steam-flood and water-flood—to optimize heavy oil extraction. In the Williston Basin, Berry pursues both conventional and unconventional resources, utilizing horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to access oil and gas from tight formations.

Berry Petroleum emerged as a publicly traded entity in 2013 following a corporate spin-out and has since expanded its acreage and production through targeted acquisitions and development projects. In 2018, the company was acquired by Linn Energy, bringing together two complementary oil and gas portfolios to create a leading independent producer in California’s onshore market.

The company’s leadership team is headed by President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin R. Clerkin, who brings more than two decades of experience in exploration, production operations and reservoir management. Under this management group, Berry continues to refine its technical capabilities and pursue disciplined growth across its core resource basins.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $3.18 to $3.36
• 50-Day Range: $2.80 to $3.34
• 52-Week Range: $2.11 to $5.90
• Volume: 1.35 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.02 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $258.02 million
• P/E Ratio: 47.50
• Dividend Yield: 3.61%
• Price Target: $4.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Berry Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Berry scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 49th out of 266 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Berry has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Berry has a consensus price target of $4.00, representing about 19.9% upside from its current price of $3.34.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Berry has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.17%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Berry are expected to grow by 5.17% in the coming year, from $0.58 to $0.61 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Berry is 47.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 280.47.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Berry is 47.79, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 39.97.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Berry has a P/B Ratio of 0.35. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.23% of the float of Berry has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Berry has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Berry has recently decreased by 13.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Berry is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.77%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Berry does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Berry is 171.43%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Berry will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.67% next year. This indicates that Berry will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Environmental Score: -7.38

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.23% of the float of Berry has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Berry has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Berry has recently decreased by 13.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.46

News Sentiment

Berry has a news sentiment score of 1.46. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.97 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Berry this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Berry insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.00% of the stock of Berry is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

94.88% of the stock of Berry is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

BRY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BRY shares performed this year?

Berry's stock was trading at $4.13 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BRY shares have decreased by 19.2% and is now trading at $3.3350.

How were Berry's earnings last quarter?

Berry Corporation (NASDAQ:BRY) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 6th. The energy company reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.65. The energy company had revenue of $210.08 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $155 million. Berry had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.27% and a net margin of 0.60%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Berry have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Berry: RPC Group, Laddawn Inc., Clopay Plastic Products Company Inc., AEP Industries, Frans Nooren Beheer B.V. (STOPAQ), Rexam SBC, 159422 Canada Inc., and more.

When did Berry IPO?

Berry (BRY) raised $301 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, July 26th 2018. The company issued 18,800,000 shares at a price of $15.00-$17.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo Securities and BMO Capital Markets served as the underwriters for the IPO.

Who are Berry's major shareholders?

Berry's top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (3.48%), American Century Companies Inc. (3.18%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.98%) and Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (2.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Oaktree Capital Management Lp, Arthur T Smith, Fernando Araujo, Danielle E Hunter and Rajath Shourie.
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How do I buy shares of Berry?

Shares of BRY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Berry own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Berry investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), Arista Networks (ANET) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2025
• Record date for 8/28 Dividend: 8/18/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 8/28 Dividend: 8/18/2025
• Dividend Payable: 8/28/2025
• Today: 9/11/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: OIL - US INTEGRTD
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:BRY
• CIK: 778438
• Web: www.berrypetroleum.com
• Phone: 661-616-3900
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,070
• Year Founded: 1967

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Berry: $4.00
• High Price Target: $4.00
• Low Price Target: $4.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.07
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 46.29
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.59
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $19.25 million
• Net Margins: 0.60%
• Pretax Margin: 0.67%
• Return on Equity: 5.27%
• Return on Assets: 2.48%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.55
• Current Ratio: 0.83
• Quick Ratio: 0.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $776.50 million
• Price / Sales: 0.32
• Cash Flow: $3.00 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.08
• Book Value: $9.50 per share
• Price / Book: 0.34

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 77,600,000
• Free Float: 76,044,000
• Market Cap: $251.42 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.24