Black Stone Minerals (BSM) reported $118.7 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 41.8%. EPS of $0.31 for the same period compares to $0.18 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $104 million, representing a surprise of +14.14%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +16.24%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.27.
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.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
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: 32.1 millions of barrels of oil equivalent compared to the 33.76 millions of barrels of oil equivalent average estimate based on two analysts.
- Production - Natural gas: 13,118.00 MMcf versus the two-analyst average estimate of 13,941.32 MMcf.
- Production - Oil and condensate: 768.00 MBBL versus the two-analyst average estimate of 779.52 MBBL.
- Production - Equivalents: 2,954.00 MBOE compared to the 3,103.24 MBOE average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenue- Lease bonus and other income: $4.71 million compared to the $1.06 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +137.6% year over year.
- Revenue- Oil and condensate sales: $46.37 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $50.49 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -22.7%.
- Revenue- Natural gas and natural gas liquids sales: $44.11 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $48.5 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +4.1%.
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Shares of Black Stone Minerals have returned +3.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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