Marine Petroleum Trust (MARPS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Marine Petroleum Trust (NASDAQ: MARPS) is a grantor trust that holds royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties. Rather than operating wells or selling energy products directly, the trust receives royalty payments based on production from the properties in which it has interests.

The trust’s interests are primarily associated with offshore oil and gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico, particularly areas off the coast of Louisiana. Its cash distributions are therefore tied to production volumes, commodity prices, operating activity by the property operators and the remaining economic life of the underlying reserves.

Marine Petroleum Trust was established in 1955 and is managed under the terms of its trust agreement. Because it is a passive royalty-holding trust rather than an operating exploration and production company, it generally has limited business activities, employees and capital requirements. Its primary purpose is to collect and distribute income generated by its oil and natural gas royalty interests.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.28 to $4.33
• 50-Day Range: $4.15 to $4.92
• 52-Week Range: $4.04 to $6.49
• Volume: 1,620 shs
• Average Volume: 4,767 shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.43 million
• P/E Ratio: 12.40
• Dividend Yield: 9.02%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Marine Petroleum Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Marine Petroleum Trust scored higher than 34% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. 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

Marine Petroleum Trust 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

Marine Petroleum Trust 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 Marine Petroleum Trust is 12.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.59.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Marine Petroleum Trust is 12.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.11.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Marine Petroleum Trust has a P/B Ratio of 8.78. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.16% of the float of Marine Petroleum Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Marine Petroleum Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.51, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Marine Petroleum Trust has recently increased by 84.40%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Marine Petroleum Trust is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 8.98%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Marine Petroleum Trust does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Marine Petroleum Trust is 111.76%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Marine Petroleum Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.55. 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 0.68 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Marine Petroleum Trust this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Marine Petroleum Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

1.76% of the stock of Marine Petroleum Trust is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/28 Dividend: 8/31/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/28 Dividend: 8/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/28/2026
• Today: 10/08/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:MARPS
• CIK: 62362
• Web: www.marps-marine.com
• Phone: (972) 919-1355
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,021
• Year Founded: 1956

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.34
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.40
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $660 thousand
• Net Margins: 67.00%
• Pretax Margin: 66.94%
• Return on Equity: 69.15%
• Return on Assets: 69.15%

Debt

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

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $990 thousand
• Price / Sales: 8.52
• Cash Flow: $0.33 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.88
• Book Value: $0.48 per share
• Price / Book: 8.78

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $8.43 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.37