Black Stone Minerals, L.P. (BSM) Stock Analysis
Energy · Oil & Gas E&P
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $13.70, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Commodity: oil and condensate (52.0%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining.
Black Stone Minerals, L.P., together with its subsidiaries, owns and manages oil and natural gas mineral interests. It owns mineral interests in approximately 16.9 million gross acres, nonparticipating royalty interests in 1.8 million gross acres, and overriding royalty... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $13.70, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Commodity: oil and condensate (52.0%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Wide-moat business. Accumulate on weakness. | News modifier -1 (STRONG_BUY_WAIT → HOLD_IF_HOLDING) Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 55d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
About Black Stone Minerals, L.P.
About Black Stone Minerals, L.P.
Black Stone Minerals holds mineral and royalty interests and non-operated working interests across producing oil and natural gas properties, receiving payments from over 1,000 operators during 2025 — with oil and condensate representing 52% of 2025 oil and natural gas revenues and natural gas and natural gas liquids accounting for the remaining 48%, against a year-end WTI spot price of $57.26 per barrel and Henry Hub price of $4.00 per MMBtu.
Black Stone Minerals earns passive royalty income without operating or drilling wells; operators decide when and how to develop acreage, leaving the partnership with limited control over production timing or capital deployment. Revenue from over 1,000 operators provides a degree of operator diversification, though the Shelby Trough area of the Haynesville play in East Texas is notably concentrated — three operators there generated 13% of royalty revenues and 14% of working-interest revenues during 2025, a position the 10-K explicitly flags as heightening geographic and operator concentration risk. The Credit Facility carries a $580 million borrowing base reaffirmed in October 2025, with $154 million outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and maturity extended to October 31, 2030; the borrowing base is redetermined at least semi-annually and may be reduced if oil or gas prices fall or proved reserves decline.
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The commodity price cycle poses the largest near-term distribution risk: oil and condensate at 52% of 2025 revenues tracks WTI, which ranged from $8.91 to $123.64 per barrel over the prior decade. A sustained price decline may require downward proved-reserve write-downs, trigger borrowing-base reductions, and reduce distributable cash flow simultaneously. The Shelby Trough concentration adds a secondary idiosyncratic risk — the 10-K notes that delay or cancellation of LNG export facilities in the Gulf of Mexico or reduced demand from planned data centers could curtail production from the East Texas position, even if broader commodity prices remain stable.
See also: Energy · Oil & Gas E&P
From Black Stone Minerals, L.P.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 9, 2026.
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updated 2026-06-09Recent Developments — Black Stone Minerals, L.P.
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- NEWS Earnings Preview: BSM to Report Financial Results Post-market on May 04 - Moomoo — Moomoo neutral
- NEWS Three Growth Stocks Under Pressure: Supernus, RGA, and Black Stone Minerals - News and Statistics - IndexBox — IndexBox negative
- NEWS [Form 4] Black Stone Minerals, L.P. Insider Trading Activity - Stock Titan — Stock Titan positive
- NEWS Top Executive Makes Bold Insider Move on Black Stone Minerals Stock - TipRanks — TipRanks positive
- NEWS Black Stone Minerals declares $0.30 dividend - MSN — MSN neutral
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCommodityoil and condensate52%10-K Item 1A: 'Approximately 52% of our 2025 oil and natural gas revenues were derived from oil and condensate sales'
- MEDIUMCommoditynatural gas and natural gas liquids48%10-K Item 1A: 'Approximately 48% of our 2025 oil and natural gas revenues were derived from natural gas and natural gas liquids sales'
- MEDIUMGeographicShelby Trough10-K Item 1A: 'we generated 13% of our royalty revenues and 14% of our working interest revenues from three operators in the Shelby Trough area of the Haynesville play in East Texas'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-02-10Item 5.02LOWBoard of Black Stone Minerals GP, L.L.C. appointed Anne Hamman as new director and Audit Committee member effective immediately. No other officer changes reported.SEC filing →
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2 floor-breakers
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $13.70, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Commodity: oil and condensate (52.0%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Wide-moat business. Accumulate on weakness. | News modifier -1 (STRONG_BUY_WAIT → HOLD_IF_HOLDING) Target $13.96 (+1.9%), stop $13.16 (−4.1%), A.R:R -0.1:1. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $13.96 (+1.9% upside). Target $13.96 (+1.9%), stop $13.16 (−4.1%), A.R:R -0.1:1. Stop-loss: $13.16.
Concentration risk — Commodity: oil and condensate (52.0%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Consecutive earnings misses (2).
Black Stone Minerals, L.P. trades at a P/E of 10.9 (forward 12.1). TrendMatrix value score: 6.8/10. Verdict: Hold.
8 analysts cover BSM with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $16.
What does Black Stone Minerals, L.P. do?Black Stone Minerals, L.P., together with its subsidiaries, owns and manages oil and natural gas mineral interests. It...
Black Stone Minerals, L.P., together with its subsidiaries, owns and manages oil and natural gas mineral interests. It owns mineral interests in approximately 16.9 million gross acres, nonparticipating royalty interests in 1.8 million gross acres, and overriding royalty interests in 1.6 million gross acres located in 41 states in the United States. The company was founded in 1876 and is based in Houston, Texas.