Permianville Royalty Trust Units of Beneficial Interest (PVL)

FairStock Score: 70/100 — STEADY

Key Financials

AI Analysis

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

I look for understandable, durable businesses bought at a discount. Permianville is understandable: a trust holding a net profits interest in oil and gas properties, receiving 80% of net profits. But it is not a business with a moat. It owns a depleting royalty, has no operating control, and is a price taker. In the second quarter of 2026, it reported revenue of $1.6 million and net income of $1.1 million, a 68.75% margin. The supplied data list revenue growth of 288.97% and profit growth of 297.75%, though no filing period is specified; for a royalty trust, such swings are likely commodity-driven rather than durable. At the 2026-10-13 close of $1.80, FairStock calculations show a P/E of 10.59, P/B of 1.64, ROE of 14.92%, ROCE of 11.24%, and dividend yield of 11.72%. A FairStock Graham Number of $2.05 gives about 12.20% margin of safety. The low beta of 0.17 is comforting, but the Piotroski F-Score of 2/9 signals weak financial trends, and there is no Lynch category because only 0 years of filed results are available versus the required 3. The Altman Z-Score of 362.63 is an artifact of the trust structure, not a normal safety signal. The FairStock Score is 70/100. I would call it a speculative income vehicle, not a compounding franchise. Price is fair-to-slightly-cheap, but the distribution depends on depleting reserves and volatile oil and gas prices.

In plain English: Permianville Royalty Trust owns rights to a slice of oil and gas profits from properties in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. In the second quarter of 2026 it earned $1.1 million on $1.6 million of revenue, so it looks profitable, but the business depends on oil and gas prices and its reserves run down over time. At $1.80, the price looks a little cheaper than a basic value estimate, but not by a wide margin.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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