Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Midstream

Permian Basin Royalty Trust PBT

$31.57 +0.83% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.47B

High qualityStrong trendExpensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The shares trade at 90.1× trailing earnings, higher than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  2. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 333 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
  3. Over the past year the stock returned +72.0%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 57.0 percentage points.

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.

Growth31Weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 21%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 2%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 4%
Quality80Strong

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

  • Return on invested capitalTop 1%
  • Gross marginTop 3%
  • Operating marginTop 1%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 9%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 1%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 14%
Value6Very weak

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

  • Earnings yieldBottom 31%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 32%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 12%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 2%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 1%
Momentum88Strong

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 9%
  • 6-month returnTop 6%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 12%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 37%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Revisions—Not enough data

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

Stability52Neutral

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 47%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 38%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 41%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 14%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-31.1%-3.9%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-33.5%-0.1%↑
Gross margin100.0%100.0%↓
Operating margin89.5%91.6%↑
FCF margin0.0%0.0%→

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-3.9%-31.1%↑Bottom 21%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-0.1%-33.5%↑Bottom 47%
Gross margin100.0%100.0%↓Top 3%
Operating margin91.6%89.5%↑Top 1%
Net margin91.6%89.5%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin0.0%0.0%→—
Return on invested capital1284.3%—Top 1%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-33.3%—Bottom 2%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
0.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
671.9%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-0.14×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
0.00%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.0%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+0.0%

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 13, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.5%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 13, 2026—+0.3%+1.3%+6.4%—
May 14, 2026—-5.3%+6.5%-0.3%+12.8%
Mar 27, 2026—+1.0%-2.6%+1.1%+16.2%
Nov 13, 2025—-0.8%-4.3%-9.4%-5.3%
Aug 13, 2025—-3.0%-4.8%+11.4%+8.8%
May 14, 2025—-1.0%+5.3%+10.0%+54.8%
Mar 14, 2025—+3.8%+3.0%-5.5%+16.1%
Nov 12, 2024—+1.3%+5.0%+4.8%-10.7%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 13, 2026$0.08——$4.2M
May 14, 2026$0.06——$3.6M
Mar 27, 2026$0.06——$2.7M
Nov 13, 2025$0.15——$7.3M
Aug 13, 2025$0.05——$3.1M
May 14, 2025$0.06——$3.1M
Mar 14, 2025$0.08——$3.8M
Nov 12, 2024$0.17——$8.4M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)90.1×24.5×95thBottom 31%
EV / EBITDA90.7×——Bottom 12%
EV / Sales83.03×——Bottom 2%
Free-cash-flow yield0.00%——Bottom 32%
Earnings yield1.11%——Bottom 31%

P/E over the past five years

Range 9.6× – 95.6× 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
+72.0%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-0.1%
Change in P/E multiple
+110.7%

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
0
Days above the 200-day average
333
50-day average slope (20 days)
+9.5%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+6.7%
Distance from 50-day average
-4.5%
Distance from 200-day average
+25.5%
RSI (14)
36.9
Relative volume
0.89×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
41.3%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
44th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.61
Correlation with S&P 500
0.22
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-12.6%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-58.9%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Apr 10, 2023Apr 7, 2025-67.7%500 days275 days (May 12, 2026)
Jun 9, 2022Jul 6, 2022-33.0%17 days88 days (Nov 8, 2022)
May 22, 2026Jun 26, 2026-21.5%23 days26 days (Aug 4, 2026)
Mar 12, 2021Apr 30, 2021-20.2%34 days30 days (Jun 14, 2021)
Mar 25, 2022Apr 11, 2022-19.8%11 days28 days (May 20, 2022)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$1.47B
P/E (TTM)
90.1
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$0.35
Revenue (TTM)
$17.7M
Dividend yield
0.89%
52-week range
$16.25 – $37.00
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$11.8M$54.5M$29.1M$27.1M$16.1M
Gross profit$11.8M$54.5M$29.1M$27.1M$16.1M
Operating income$10.7M$53.5M$28.0M$25.4M$14.3M
Net income$10.7M$53.5M$28.0M$25.4M$14.3M
EPS (diluted)$0.23$1.15$0.60$0.55$0.31
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$8.4M$3.8M$3.1M$3.1M$7.3M$2.7M$3.6M$4.2M
Net income$8.1M$3.4M$2.6M$2.4M$6.9M$2.4M$3.0M$3.9M
EPS (diluted)$0.17$0.07$0.06$0.05$0.15$0.05$0.06$0.08
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow-$30.2M-$73.3M-$58.0M$0$0
Capital expenditure$0$0$0$0$0
Free cash flow-$30.2M-$73.3M-$58.0M$0$0
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks$0$0$0$0$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$2.2M
Total assets
$2.4M
Total liabilities
$2.2M
Total debt
$0
Net debt
-$2.2M
Shareholders’ equity
$161,721

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Sep 30, 2026$0.02Oct 15, 2026
Aug 31, 2026$0.02Sep 15, 2026
Jul 31, 2026$0.04Aug 14, 2026
Jun 30, 2026$0.02Jul 15, 2026
May 29, 2026$0.02Jun 12, 2026
Apr 30, 2026$0.04May 14, 2026
Mar 31, 2026$0.01Apr 14, 2026
Feb 27, 2026$0.01Mar 13, 2026

Short interest

Shares sold short
374,277
Days to cover
3.85
Change vs previous report
+15.5%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.