Comparing Dorchester Minerals (DMLP) & Its Peers

Dorchester Minerals (NASDAQ:DMLP) is one of 1,050 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Dorchester Minerals to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Dorchester Minerals has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorchester Minerals’ peers have a beta of -4.06, indicating that their average stock price is 506% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Dorchester Minerals and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dorchester Minerals	$192.22 million	$55.25 million	17.33
Dorchester Minerals Competitors	$272.45 billion	$5.51 billion	1.01

Dorchester Minerals’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Dorchester Minerals. Dorchester Minerals is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Dorchester Minerals pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Dorchester Minerals pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.4% and pay out -118.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Dorchester Minerals and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dorchester Minerals	0	1	0	0	2.00
Dorchester Minerals Competitors	5954	26911	40724	2392	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 17.06%. Given Dorchester Minerals’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dorchester Minerals has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

19.2% of Dorchester Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Dorchester Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Dorchester Minerals and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dorchester Minerals	45.45%	28.43%	27.83%
Dorchester Minerals Competitors	-474.33%	20.28%	6.19%

Summary

Dorchester Minerals peers beat Dorchester Minerals on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Dorchester Minerals

Dorchester Minerals, L.P. engages in the acquisition, ownership, and administration of royalty properties in the United States. Its royalty properties include producing and nonproducing mineral, royalty, overriding royalty, net profits, and leasehold interests in 593 counties and parishes in 28 states; and net profits interests represent net profits overriding royalty interests in various properties owned by the operating partnership. Dorchester Minerals Management LP serves as the general partner of Dorchester Minerals, L.P. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Dallas, Texas.