Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Dorchester Minerals, L.P. DMLP

$28.64 +0.14% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.38B

High qualityLow risk

Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The shares trade at 15.8× trailing earnings, higher than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  2. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 41 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
  3. Operating margin widened to 54.3% from 47.8% a year earlier.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth67Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 50%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 46%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 39%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 17%
Quality100Exceptional

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 3%
  • Gross marginTop 10%
  • Operating marginTop 8%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 41%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 6%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 10%
Value45Neutral

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 36%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 18%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 41%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 14%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 17%
Momentum70Positive

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 38%
  • 6-month returnTop 30%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 47%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 7%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 14%
Revisions—Not enough data

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

Stability96Exceptional

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 12%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 33%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 16%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 10%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-3.0%13.9%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-31.1%2.3%↑
Gross margin61.6%72.8%↑
Operating margin47.8%54.3%↑
FCF margin82.5%81.5%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)13.9%-3.0%↑Top 43%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)2.3%-31.1%↑Bottom 50%
Gross margin72.8%61.6%↑Top 10%
Operating margin54.3%47.8%↑Top 8%
Net margin45.7%46.5%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin81.5%82.5%↓—
Return on invested capital34.0%—Top 3%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-3.6%—Bottom 39%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.78×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-21.9%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+2.5 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-0.43×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
9.26%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
9.26%
Share count change, 1 year
+1.9%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+7.9%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.3%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 6, 2026—+1.2%+7.8%+14.8%—
May 6, 2026—-3.1%+0.8%+4.5%+2.5%
Feb 24, 2026—+0.1%+6.3%+8.0%+13.2%
Nov 6, 2025—+2.1%+3.3%-2.0%+7.4%
Aug 7, 2025—-1.1%-6.8%-4.3%-5.4%
May 8, 2025—+2.1%+5.2%-0.1%-1.9%
Feb 20, 2025—-1.0%-4.4%-7.6%-12.6%
Oct 31, 2024—+2.2%+3.5%+9.4%+2.5%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 6, 2026$0.62——$56.1M
May 6, 2026$0.59——$58.9M
Feb 24, 2026$0.32——$41.9M
Nov 6, 2025$0.23——$35.4M
Aug 7, 2025$0.25——$32.4M
May 8, 2025$0.36——$43.2M
Feb 20, 2025$0.24——$39.7M
Oct 31, 2024$0.87——$53.5M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)15.8×11.5×86thTop 36%
EV / EBITDA8.3×——Top 41%
EV / Sales6.83×——Bottom 14%
Free-cash-flow yield11.34%——Top 18%
Earnings yield6.32%——Top 36%

P/E over the past five years

Range 8.4× – 21.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+10.9%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+2.3%
Change in P/E multiple
-3.8%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✓ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
2
Days above the 200-day average
41
50-day average slope (20 days)
+4.2%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+2.6%
Distance from 50-day average
+1.1%
Distance from 200-day average
+7.5%
RSI (14)
47.3
Relative volume
0.57×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
23.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
32th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.13
Correlation with S&P 500
0.08
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-5.8%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-40.0%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Apr 3, 2024Nov 26, 2025-40.0%415 daysNot yet recovered
Jun 2, 2022Jul 6, 2022-27.2%22 days256 days (Jul 13, 2023)
Oct 8, 2021Dec 1, 2021-15.8%37 days23 days (Jan 4, 2022)
Jul 20, 2023Nov 8, 2023-15.7%78 days49 days (Jan 22, 2024)
Jan 25, 2024Feb 5, 2024-11.9%7 days30 days (Mar 19, 2024)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$1.38B
P/E (TTM)
15.8
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$1.81
Revenue (TTM)
$192.2M
Dividend yield
11.15%
52-week range
$20.85 – $30.54
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$93.4M$170.8M$163.8M$161.5M$152.8M
Gross profit$75.4M$138.8M$125.3M$104.4M$70.7M
Operating income$70.2M$130.6M$114.1M$92.4M$57.4M
Net income$70.2M$130.6M$110.4M$92.4M$57.4M
EPS (diluted)$1.94$3.35$2.85$2.13$1.20
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$53.5M$39.7M$43.2M$32.4M$35.4M$41.9M$58.9M$56.1M
Net income$35.1M$13.7M$17.6M$11.9M$10.8M$17.0M$29.1M$30.9M
EPS (diluted)$0.87$0.29$0.36$0.25$0.23$0.36$0.60$0.62
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$70.3M$147.1M$139.8M$132.6M$132.5M
Capital expenditure$0$0$0$0$0
Free cash flow$70.3M$147.1M$139.8M$132.6M$132.5M
Dividends paid-$53.9M-$131.9M-$131.6M-$146.5M-$132.0M
Net share buybacks$0$0$0$0$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$72.5M
Total assets
$314.0M
Total liabilities
$10.3M
Total debt
$3.5M
Net debt
-$69.0M
Shareholders’ equity
$303.7M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 3, 2026$1.27Aug 13, 2026
May 4, 2026$0.48May 14, 2026
Feb 2, 2026$0.76Feb 12, 2026
Nov 3, 2025$0.69Nov 13, 2025
Aug 4, 2025$0.62Aug 14, 2025
May 5, 2025$0.73May 15, 2025
Feb 3, 2025$0.74Feb 13, 2025
Oct 28, 2024$1.00Nov 7, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
387,275
Days to cover
4.20
Change vs previous report
-18.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Aug 7, 1989
2-for-1
Nov 2, 1987
3-for-1