Brigham Minerals, Inc. (MNRL) Reports In-Line Q1 EPS, Revenues Beat

Brigham Minerals, Inc. (NYSE: MNRL) reported Q1 EPS of $0.14, in-line with the analyst estimate of $0.14. Revenue for the quarter came in at $32.28 million versus the consensus estimate of $29.08 million.

Ben M. (“Bud”) Brigham, Executive Chairman, commented, “First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those impacted worldwide by COVID-19. While these are extremely challenging times for our Country, I believe we can and will overcome the difficulties facing us quickly and safely given the ingenuity of the American people, and reopen businesses to keep the American people working and employed. The United States energy industry is also facing unprecedented challenges from both the COVID-19 pandemic and the fallout from the Saudi Arabia / Russia production disagreement. However, the cyclicality of the commodity markets is not new to our management team after having weathered both the 2008/2009 financial crisis and the oil market downturn in 2015/2016. I personally believe we are better positioned to survive and thrive during today’s tough market conditions as a result of our cash on hand and no debt, which will allow us to opportunistically consolidate minerals on a very attractive basis at a time when almost all other mineral buyers are idle. Additionally, as we’ve mentioned numerous times, we are not burdened by incremental development capital and do not incur ongoing lease operating expenses. Finally, our focus on the lowest cost and highest rate-of-return resource controlled by a diverse set of high-quality operators has never been more important and should position us for success.”

Robert M. (“Rob”) Roosa, Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Our portfolio continued to perform exceptionally well during the first quarter with production up sequentially 8% to 10,401 boe/d. Our Permian Basin assets continued to drive growth with an 18% sequential increase in volumes to roughly 6,000 boe/d. Another strong quarter of approximately 30% DUC conversions drove our production growth, which was balanced with the continued reloading of our DUC inventory as operators deployed rigs and capital to our minerals position. Given the rapid deterioration in markets that occurred in March, we proactively preserved liquidity by significantly reducing mineral acquisitions. During the first quarter, we closed just $25.4 million in mineral acquisitions, which represents only 50% of our typical quarterly acquisition run-rate and have thus far not executed a purchase agreement in the second quarter. Given the energy industry challenges ahead of us in the second quarter and potentially longer, we believe it to be extremely prudent to remain patient and disciplined on the acquisition front and we are tightening our underwriting criteria and are going to be extremely judicious in deploying capital. We believe there will be consolidation opportunities through the remainder of 2020 and we have the liquidity in place to execute accretive transactions.”

Blake C. Williams, Chief Financial Officer, added, “As a result of strong sequential production growth and the optionality of our portfolio via lease bonuses, we are pleased to announce a dividend of $0.37 per share, which is roughly flat with our Q4 2019 dividend of $0.38 per share despite the 20% reduction in realized prices during the quarter. Our assets, when paired with our well capitalized balance sheet, put us in a position of strength where we can not only capture value for shareholders through acquisitions but also return capital to them during these challenging times. Looking ahead to the remainder of 2020, the challenging macroeconomic environment and the associated impact to the crude oil supply / demand balance has and will place pressure on crude pricing and production and therefore our future revenues, operating cash flows, and our dividends. As we continue to pursue consolidation opportunities during the remainder of the year, we will prudently deploy capital by targeting a net debt to Adjusted EBITDA(1) ratio at or below 1.5 to 2.0 times.”

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