Dorchester Minerals (DMLP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Dorchester Minerals, L.P. is a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns and manages oil and natural gas mineral interests in the United States. Its assets include producing and non-producing mineral and royalty interests, overriding royalty interests, net profits interests, leasehold interests and other related energy properties.

The partnership generally leases its mineral interests to exploration and production companies rather than directly developing most properties. It earns revenue primarily from royalties and other payments associated with oil and natural gas production, as well as lease bonuses and related interests. This business model gives Dorchester exposure to domestic energy production while limiting its direct responsibility for drilling and operating wells.

Dorchester Minerals’ properties are located across multiple U.S. regions and include interests in several major oil and natural gas basins. The partnership traces its roots to a group of mineral and royalty assets assembled in the 1980s and became publicly traded in 2003. Its operations are managed from Dallas, Texas.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $29.75 to $30.20
• 50-Day Range: $25.51 to $30.41
• 52-Week Range: $20.85 to $30.54
• Volume: 71,738 shs
• Average Volume: 91,136 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.48 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.14
• Dividend Yield: 16.88%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Dorchester Minerals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Dorchester Minerals scored higher than 47% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 158th out of 248 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: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Dorchester Minerals has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Dorchester Minerals is 17.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 35.73.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Dorchester Minerals is 17.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.70.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Dorchester Minerals has a P/B Ratio of 4.76. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.80% of the float of Dorchester Minerals has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Dorchester Minerals has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Dorchester Minerals has recently decreased by 4.76%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Dorchester Minerals is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 17.14%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Dorchester Minerals does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Dorchester Minerals is 289.20%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.27

News Sentiment

Dorchester Minerals has a news sentiment score of 1.27. 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 0.71 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Dorchester Minerals this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for DMLP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added Dorchester Minerals to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $147,075.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0099% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Dorchester Minerals insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $147,075.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.90% of the stock of Dorchester Minerals is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

19.21% of the stock of Dorchester Minerals is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/13 Dividend: 8/03/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/13 Dividend: 8/03/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/13/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:DMLP
• CIK: 1172358
• Web: www.dmlp.net
• Phone: (214) 559-0300
• Fax: 302-655-5049
• Employees: 26
• Year Founded: 2003

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.76
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.14
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $55.25 million
• Net Margins: 45.45%
• Pretax Margin: 45.45%
• Return on Equity: 28.43%
• Return on Assets: 27.83%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 13.85
• Quick Ratio: 13.85

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $152.83 million
• Price / Sales: 9.69
• Cash Flow: $2.60 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.58
• Book Value: $6.33 per share
• Price / Book: 4.76

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 49,090,000
• Free Float: 46,195,000
• Market Cap: $1.48 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.64