Stocks · Energy · Coal

Natural Resource Partners L.P. NRP

$109.50 +2.89% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.45B

High qualityLow risk

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Operating margin narrowed to 62.6% from 76.8% a year earlier.
  2. At 14.0× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the highest P/E of the company's past five years.
  3. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.

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.

Growth9Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 16%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 49%
Quality96Exceptional

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

  • Return on invested capitalTop 12%
  • Gross marginTop 6%
  • Operating marginTop 5%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 36%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 49%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 17%
  • Interest coverTop 9%
Value32Weak

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

  • Earnings yieldTop 30%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 20%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 37%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 12%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 1%
Momentum42Weak

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 28%
  • 6-month returnBottom 42%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 34%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 39%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Revisions85Strong

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 21%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 27%
Stability96Exceptional

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 14%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 8%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 35%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 17%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-16.3%-11.8%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-18.3%-26.3%↓
Gross margin88.5%81.6%↓
Operating margin76.8%62.6%↓
FCF margin91.3%82.5%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-11.8%-16.3%↑Bottom 12%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-26.3%-18.3%↓Bottom 32%
Gross margin81.6%88.5%↓Top 6%
Operating margin62.6%76.8%↓Top 5%
Net margin54.0%71.0%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin82.5%91.3%↓—
Return on invested capital16.3%—Top 12%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-14.9%—Bottom 16%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.53×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-7.3%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
5.8%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+81.9 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-0.02×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
23.5×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.90%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
2.90%
Share count change, 1 year
-0.3%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-3.7%

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 5, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
3
Beats in the last 8 reports
3 of 3
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.5%
Positive 20 days after report
6 of 8

Analysts

Analysts with a rating
10
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
40%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026+516.7%+8.3%+6.8%+15.7%—
May 6, 2026+476.0%-2.3%-8.4%-10.1%-16.8%
Feb 27, 2026+41.9%-2.0%-3.1%+1.3%-17.5%
Nov 4, 2025—-1.5%+0.4%+0.1%+8.2%
Aug 6, 2025—+1.1%+0.6%+0.7%-2.3%
May 6, 2025—-3.9%-4.8%-5.9%+0.4%
Feb 28, 2025—+6.4%+1.1%+7.1%-2.6%
Nov 5, 2024—+5.5%+18.2%+17.4%+10.5%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026$1.85$0.30+516.7%$48.1M
May 6, 2026$1.44$0.25+476.0%$47.2M
Feb 27, 2026$2.27$1.60+41.9%$48.4M
Nov 4, 2025$2.28——$49.9M
Aug 6, 2025$2.52——$46.8M
May 6, 2025$2.97——$55.7M
Feb 28, 2025$3.15——$64.8M
Nov 5, 2024$2.00——$52.2M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)14.0×7.1×100thTop 30%
P/E (forward)24.6×———
EV / EBITDA10.5×——Bottom 37%
EV / Sales7.48×——Bottom 12%
Free-cash-flow yield11.02%——Top 20%
Earnings yield7.16%——Top 30%

P/E over the past five years

Range 3.1× – 13.5× 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
+3.2%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-26.3%
Change in P/E multiple
+36.8%

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
1
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
+4.5%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.5%
Distance from 50-day average
+2.6%
Distance from 200-day average
-0.8%
RSI (14)
52.4
Relative volume
0.97×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
24.4%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
25th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.32
Correlation with S&P 500
0.18
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-12.7%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-23.5%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Mar 3, 2023May 31, 2023-28.9%61 days41 days (Jul 31, 2023)
May 5, 2022Jun 30, 2022-25.4%38 days124 days (Dec 27, 2022)
Feb 13, 2026Jul 20, 2026-23.4%106 daysNot yet recovered
Jan 3, 2025Apr 7, 2025-19.7%63 days192 days (Jan 12, 2026)
Mar 15, 2021Mar 26, 2021-19.4%9 days46 days (Jun 2, 2021)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$1.45B
P/E (TTM)
14.0
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$7.84
Revenue (TTM)
$193.6M
Dividend yield
2.85%
52-week range
$95.51 – $128.60
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$194.2M$328.1M$293.7M$245.0M$202.3M
Gross profit$175.2M$305.6M$261.3M$217.0M$164.3M
Operating income$147.8M$248.8M$292.5M$199.2M$139.4M
Net income$108.9M$268.5M$274.4M$183.6M$133.6M
EPS (diluted)$6.78$13.39$13.08$11.35$10.04
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$52.2M$64.8M$55.7M$46.8M$49.9M$48.4M$47.2M$48.1M
Net income$38.6M$42.8M$40.3M$34.2M$30.3M$30.4M$19.2M$24.7M
EPS (diluted)$2.00$3.15$2.97$2.52$2.28$2.27$1.44$1.85
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$121.8M$266.8M$311.0M$248.5M$165.9M
Capital expenditure$0-$118,000-$10,000$0$0
Free cash flow$121.8M$266.7M$311.0M$248.5M$165.9M
Dividends paid-$22.6M-$34.4M-$69.9M-$72.1M-$56.4M
Net share buybacks$0$0$0$0$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$30.1M
Total assets
$757.5M
Total liabilities
$107.5M
Total debt
$27.4M
Net debt
-$2.8M
Shareholders’ equity
$650.1M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 18, 2026$0.75Aug 25, 2026
May 19, 2026$0.75May 26, 2026
Mar 10, 2026$0.12Mar 17, 2026
Feb 17, 2026$0.75Feb 24, 2026
Nov 18, 2025$0.75Nov 25, 2025
Aug 19, 2025$0.75Aug 26, 2025
May 20, 2025$0.75May 27, 2025
Mar 11, 2025$1.21Mar 18, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
285,023
Days to cover
13.71
Change vs previous report
-2.7%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Feb 18, 2016
1-for-10
Apr 19, 2007
2-for-1