Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Mesa Royalty Trust is a grantor trust that owns overriding royalty interests in producing oil and natural gas properties. The trust does not operate wells or provide energy services directly; instead, it receives royalty payments based on production from the underlying properties and distributes available proceeds to its unitholders after expenses and other obligations.

The trust’s interests are primarily associated with properties in the Hugoton gas field in southwestern Kansas and the San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico. Production from these assets generally includes natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. Operating activities on the properties are conducted by third-party exploration and production companies.

Mesa Royalty Trust was established in 1979 in connection with the transfer of royalty interests by Mesa Petroleum Co., the energy company historically associated with T. Boone Pickens. The trust is administered by an independent trustee under the terms of its governing trust agreement and has no conventional operating management structure. Its distributions depend on production volumes, commodity prices, operating costs, and other factors affecting the underlying properties.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.07 to $2.17
• 50-Day Range: $2.09 to $2.90
• 52-Week Range: $2.02 to $5.83
• Volume: 1,686 shs
• Average Volume: 5,334 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.89 million
• P/E Ratio: 13.06
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Sell

Mesa Royalty Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Mesa Royalty Trust scored higher than 28% 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: 0.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Sell

Consensus Rating

Mesa Royalty Trust has received a consensus rating of Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Mesa Royalty 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 Mesa Royalty Trust is 13.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Mesa Royalty Trust is 13.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.54.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Mesa Royalty Trust has a P/B Ratio of 1.23. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.17% of the float of Mesa Royalty Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Mesa Royalty Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.63, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Mesa Royalty Trust has recently decreased by 33.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Mesa Royalty Trust does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Mesa Royalty Trust has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Mesa Royalty Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.13. 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 0.74 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

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

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Mesa Royalty Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

12.73% of the stock of Mesa Royalty Trust is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/31 Dividend: 5/29/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/31 Dividend: 5/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/14/2026
• Today: 10/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: NYSE:MTR
• CIK: 313364
• Web: mtr.q4web.com
• Phone: (713) 483-6020
• Fax: 512-479-2553
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.16
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.06
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $510 thousand
• Net Margins: 60.59%
• Pretax Margin: 75.97%
• Return on Equity: 9.17%
• Return on Assets: 8.82%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 17.13
• Quick Ratio: 17.13

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $600 thousand
• Price / Sales: 6.48
• Cash Flow: $0.23 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.89
• Book Value: $1.70 per share
• Price / Book: 1.23

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,860,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $3.89 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.41