MV Oil Trust Units of Beneficial Interests (MVO)

FairStock Score: 65/100 — STEADY

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

As a Buffett-and-Graham-style investor, I start with whether the asset is durable. MV Oil Trust is not an operating company; it holds term net profits interests in oil and gas properties in the Mid-Continent region. At the 2026-08-03 close of $0.60, the market valued the trust at $28.9 million. FairStock's calculations show a P/E of 0.75, EV/EBITDA of 3.00, P/B of 3.75, and a dividend yield of 41.67%. Those numbers scream statistically cheap, and the Graham Number of $1.70 with a 64.71% margin of safety reinforces that impression. But I must look under the hood. In the first quarter of 2026, the trust reported revenue of $1.8 million and net income of $1.6 million, an 87.67% net margin. That is impressive, but it is a royalty-like cash stream, not a competitive moat. The supplied filed growth data show revenue down 36.41% and profit down 37.88%, while trailing free cash flow is negative $1.5 million and the FCF yield is -5.2%. A Piotroski F-Score of 2/9 tells me financial momentum is poor. The calculated ROE of 359.19% and ROCE of 224.49% likely reflect a tiny equity base, not evidence of a wide moat. The trust has a negative beta of -0.31 and units have traded between $0.58 and $5.99 over the past year. That range shows how violently the market has repriced these interests. The Lynch category is none because the data show only zero years of filed results, so I cannot classify it as a stable grower. My conclusion: the price is cheap on backward-looking numbers, but the asset is depleting and cash flow is negative. Graham would demand a margin of safety; here the apparent margin may be illusory if distributions keep shrinking.

In plain English: MV Oil Trust owns interests that pay it a share of profits from oil and gas properties in Kansas and Colorado. It still earns money—first-quarter 2026 revenue was $1.8 million and net income was $1.6 million—but revenue and profit have been falling and trailing cash flow is negative, so the underlying business looks weak. The units trade at $0.60, which looks very cheap against reported earnings and a calculated asset value, but that low price appears to reflect a shrinking, depleting asset rather than a sturdy bargain.

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Data as of 2026-08-03 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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