North European Oil Royality Trust (NRT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

North European Oil Royalty Trust (NYSE: NRT) is a statutory trust that holds an overriding royalty interest in a diversified portfolio of oil and natural gas properties located in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. The trust’s sole business is to receive royalty revenues from production activities on its underlying fields and distribute those revenues directly to unitholders. It does not engage in exploration, drilling or field operations.

Under the terms of its governing agreement, the trust is entitled to a fixed percentage of net production revenues, after the deduction of operating and administrative expenses, from a series of established oil and gas fields in the North Sea region. These producing assets are operated by a consortium of major energy companies under licenses issued by the U.K. government. The trust has no employees or capital expenditures; its role is strictly that of a passive royalty recipient and distributor.

Established in October 2005, North European Oil Royalty Trust was sponsored by financial institutions to provide U.S. and international investors with direct exposure to North Sea hydrocarbon royalties without the complexities of field-level operations. The trust is administered by a corporate trustee—American Stock Transfer & Trust Company—which oversees the collection of revenues, payment of expenses and remittance of cash distributions on a quarterly basis.

Through its structure as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, NRT offers security holders an efficient mechanism to participate in the cash flows generated by mature North Sea oil and gas production. Its assets are concentrated in a region known for high-quality reservoirs and long-lived reserves, allowing investors to access royalties from established offshore fields without direct operational risk.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.90 to $8.29
• 50-Day Range: $7.73 to $9.78
• 52-Week Range: $4.36 to $10.49
• Volume: 50,465 shs
• Average Volume: 68,776 shs
• Market Capitalization: $73.90 million
• P/E Ratio: 8.12
• Dividend Yield: 10.95%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

North European Oil Royality Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

North European Oil Royality Trust scored higher than 41% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 181st out of 249 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

North European Oil Royality 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

North European Oil Royality 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 North European Oil Royality Trust is 8.12, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.80.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of North European Oil Royality Trust is 8.12, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.66.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

North European Oil Royality Trust has a P/B Ratio of 38.29. 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

0.35% of the float of North European Oil Royality Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

North European Oil Royality Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.42, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in North European Oil Royality Trust has recently increased by 1.99%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

North European Oil Royality Trust is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 10.99%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

North European Oil Royality Trust does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of North European Oil Royality Trust is 88.89%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.01

News Sentiment

North European Oil Royality Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.01. 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 0.61 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for North European Oil Royality Trust this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

18 people have searched for NRT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 260% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added North European Oil Royality Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, North European Oil Royality Trust insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $215,500.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.50% of the stock of North European Oil Royality Trust is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

6.97% of the stock of North European Oil Royality Trust is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 2/25 Dividend: 2/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 2/25 Dividend: 2/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 2/25/2026
• Last Earnings: 3/02/2026
• Record date for 5/27 Dividend: 5/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/27 Dividend: 5/13/2026
• Today: 5/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/27/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 10/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: OIL - US RYLTY TR
• Sub-Industry: Trading
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NRT
• CIK: 72633
• Web: www.neort.com
• Phone: (732) 741-4008
• Fax: 732-741-3140
• Employees: 2
• Year Founded: 1957

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.99
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.12
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $7.94 million
• Net Margins: 92.51%
• Pretax Margin: 92.52%
• Return on Equity: 516.79%
• Return on Assets: 232.30%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.92
• Quick Ratio: 1.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $10.36 million
• Price / Sales: 7.14
• Cash Flow: $0.86 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.32
• Book Value: $0.21 per share
• Price / Book: 38.29

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 9,191,000
• Free Float: 8,869,000
• Market Cap: $73.90 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: -0.04