Company Analysis

Black Stone Minerals, L.P. (BSM)

NYSE: BSM · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2014
Grade5.1
◀ Past 4.0● Present 5.1▶ Future 6.7
2 est.

The grade of Black Stone Minerals, L.P.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past4.040% of the headline
● Present5.135% of the headline
▶ Future6.725% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.0/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
4.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2025-02-28.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Black Stone Minerals, L.P.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-02-28) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Black Stone Minerals, L.P.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $261 million in fiscal 2016 to $470 million in fiscal 2025, up 6.8% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 44% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.8%bottom 35% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 44% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 3% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak43.8%bottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
1.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 12th percentile among 78 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 12% of 78 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 78 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Black Stone Minerals, L.P.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.2 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 12% of 78 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.1/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

SI estimate
4.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

SI estimate 4.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
No balance sheet on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 76 members with one.
What the record cannot read
No balance sheet on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 76 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Black Stone Minerals, L.P.'s financial health is put at 4.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no balance sheet on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 76 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 76 in its family; net margin 63.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Black Stone Minerals, L.P.'s standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $470 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 42% by size; a net margin of 63.8% ranks in the top 1%; revenue growth of -10.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 31% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$470Mbottom 42% of its family
  • net margin63.8%top 1% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-10.9%bottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 51 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Black Stone Minerals, L.P.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Carter, Fowler (Co-CEO and President, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-09, 10 months (bottom 24% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.5 years (top 6%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 34%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 34% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.5 yearstop 6% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 18% of 74 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Black Stone Minerals, L.P.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 0.1% of its assets as net cash, top 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 66% of revenue (top 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets0.1%top 31% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue66.0%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 47% of 72 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Black Stone Minerals, L.P.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -10.9% a year over the last three filed years against 6.8% over all 10, slowing (bottom 44% of its family); the newest year grew 8.4% (top 38%) (its annual reports). Black Stone Minerals, L.P. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-17.6 points a yearbottom 44% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth8.4%top 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 31% of 69 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Black Stone Minerals, L.P.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $470 million in fiscal 2025 came in 34% above the $351 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 20% of its family); net income of $300 million against a prior three-year average of $390 million (top 36%); a net margin of 63.8% against 68.6% before (top 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace34.0%top 20% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-23%top 36% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-4.7 pointstop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BSM · research, not advice