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

Company Overview

Natural Resource Partners LP (NYSE: NRP) is a master limited partnership that acquires and manages royalty and other mineral interests in coal and other natural resources across North America and Australia. The partnership was formed in 2010 as a spin-out from a major U.S. coal producer and is headquartered in Fairmont, West Virginia. Its core business model centers on owning gross proceeds interests, gross royalty proceeds interests and fee minerals, which provide the right to receive a portion of revenues from mining and mineral production without operating the mines directly.

NRP’s U.S. portfolio spans the central Appalachian Basin, northern West Virginia, southwest Virginia, Colorado’s North Fork Valley, and northwest New Mexico and Arizona. These assets encompass both thermal and metallurgical coal deposits as well as fee mineral estates that cover precious and base metals. In Australia, the partnership holds an equity interest in a thermal coal development project in Queensland. By structuring its holdings around royalties and flow-through interests, NRP can benefit from multiple revenue streams tied to commodity prices and production levels while avoiding the capital expenditures and operating risks associated with direct mining operations.

Throughout its history, Natural Resource Partners has focused on growing its royalty footprint through strategic acquisitions of mineral interests sold by private and public mining companies. The board and management team leverage decades of experience in mineral leasing, asset evaluation and capital markets to identify and secure high-quality interests. This approach aims to deliver stable cash flows over the long term, making NRP an option for investors seeking exposure to coal and mineral royalties without direct operational involvement in resource extraction.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $105.34 to $107.10
• 50-Day Range: $102.16 to $125.46
• 52-Week Range: $92.10 to $128.60
• Volume: 16,341 shs
• Average Volume: 42,061 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.41 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.50
• Dividend Yield: 2.82%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Natural Resource Partners Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Natural Resource Partners scored higher than 41% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 188th out of 251 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 12.49, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.78.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Natural Resource Partners is 12.49, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.03.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Natural Resource Partners has a P/B Ratio of 2.18. 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

4.06% 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 8.68.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Natural Resource Partners has recently increased by 6.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Natural Resource Partners pays a meaningful dividend of 2.75%, 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 35.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.92

News Sentiment

Natural Resource Partners has a news sentiment score of 0.92. 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 4 news articles for Natural Resource Partners this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for NRP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $34,332.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0024% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Natural Resource Partners insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $34,332.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 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

• Record date for 3/17 Dividend: 3/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/17 Dividend: 3/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/17/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/06/2026
• Record date for 5/26 Dividend: 5/19/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/26 Dividend: 5/19/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/26/2026
• Today: 6/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: COAL
• Sub-Industry: Coal
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NRP
• CIK: 1171486
• Web: www.nrplp.com
• Phone: (713) 751-7507
• Fax: 713-751-7517
• Employees: 50
• Year Founded: 2002

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.51
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $136.37 million
• Net Margins: 61.28%
• Pretax Margin: 62.19%
• Return on Equity: 18.49%
• Return on Assets: 15.03%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.07
• Current Ratio: 2.09
• Quick Ratio: 2.09

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $207.28 million
• Price / Sales: 6.80
• Cash Flow: $10.92 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.74
• Book Value: $48.81 per share
• Price / Book: 2.18

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 13,250,000
• Free Float: 8,573,000
• Market Cap: $1.41 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.14