Black Stone Minerals (BSM) reported $159.49 million in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 45.5%. EPS of $0.53 for the same period compares to $0.29 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $106 million, representing a surprise of +50.47%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +76.67%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.30.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Black Stone Minerals performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Production - Equivalents/day: 34.6 millions of barrels of oil equivalent versus 38.21 millions of barrels of oil equivalent estimated by three analysts on average.
- Production - Oil and condensate: 863.00 MBBL compared to the 774.44 MBBL average estimate based on two analysts.
- Production - Natural gas: 13,710.00 MMcf compared to the 15,919.15 MMcf average estimate based on two analysts.
- Production - Equivalents: 3,148.00 MBOE versus 3,428.05 MBOE estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenue- Lease bonus and other income: $4.71 million versus $3.49 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.6% change.
- Revenue- Oil and condensate sales: $55.81 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $50.66 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -24.5%.
- Revenue- Natural gas and natural gas liquids sales: $46.19 million versus $55.94 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +26.6% change.
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Shares of Black Stone Minerals have returned -4.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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