Natural Resource Partners (NRP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NYSE: NRP) is a diversified natural resource company that owns, manages and leases mineral and other natural resource interests in the United States. The company generally earns royalty and other payments from the development and use of its properties rather than operating mines or wells directly.

NRP’s portfolio includes coal, aggregates, oil and natural gas, soda ash, industrial minerals, and other mineral interests. The company also owns and manages water rights and related natural resource assets, providing exposure to a range of commodities and infrastructure uses across multiple U.S. regions.

Natural Resource Partners was formed in 2002 and became a publicly traded master limited partnership the same year. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and is led by Chief Executive Officer Craig N. Niziolek.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $110.26 to $111.54
• 50-Day Range: $96.47 to $113.45
• 52-Week Range: $95.51 to $128.60
• Volume: 11,311 shs
• Average Volume: 27,025 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.47 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.15
• Dividend Yield: 2.70%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Natural Resource Partners Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Natural Resource Partners scored higher than 30% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 208th out of 247 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

Natural Resource Partners 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

Natural Resource Partners 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 Natural Resource Partners is 14.15, 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 Natural Resource Partners is 14.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.36.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Natural Resource Partners has a P/B Ratio of 2.27. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.21% of the float of Natural Resource Partners has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Natural Resource Partners has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 10.65, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Natural Resource Partners has recently decreased by 3.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Natural Resource Partners pays a meaningful dividend of 2.70%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Natural Resource Partners does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Natural Resource Partners is 38.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Natural Resource Partners has a news sentiment score of 0.78. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Natural Resource Partners this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Natural Resource Partners to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Natural Resource Partners insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $243,958.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

35.30% of the stock of Natural Resource Partners is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

31.77% of the stock of Natural Resource Partners is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 8/25 Dividend: 8/18/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/25 Dividend: 8/18/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/25/2026
• Today: 10/12/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Coal & Consumable Fuels
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NRP
• CIK: 1171486
• Web: www.nrplp.com
• Phone: (713) 751-7507
• Fax: 713-751-7517
• Employees: 51
• Year Founded: 2002

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.84
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.15
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $136.37 million
• Net Margins: 57.13%
• Pretax Margin: 57.96%
• Return on Equity: 16.65%
• Return on Assets: 13.88%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.02
• Current Ratio: 2.12
• Quick Ratio: 2.12

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $199.97 million
• Price / Sales: 7.35
• Cash Flow: $11.19 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.91
• Book Value: $48.81 per share
• Price / Book: 2.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 13,250,000
• Free Float: 8,573,000
• Market Cap: $1.47 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.24