Kimbell Royalty Stock Price, News & Analysis
Company Description
Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP (NYSE: KRP) is an oil and gas mineral and royalty company based in Fort Worth, Texas. The partnership owns mineral and royalty interests in over 17 million gross acres across 28 U.S. states and in every major onshore oil and natural gas basin in the continental United States. According to company disclosures, its portfolio includes ownership in more than 130,000 to 131,000 gross wells, giving it exposure to a broad base of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) production operated by third parties.
Business model and revenue sources
Kimbell describes itself as a mineral and royalty company. Its revenues are derived from royalty payments received from operators based on the sale of oil, natural gas and NGL production from its mineral and royalty interests, and from the sale of NGLs extracted from natural gas during processing, as noted in the Polygon description. Because it owns interests rather than operating the wells, production and development activity on its acreage is carried out by a wide range of upstream operators across its footprint.
The partnership’s assets span multiple basins and producing regions. The Polygon description notes areas of interest in the Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, Terryville/Cotton Valley/Haynesville, Appalachian Basin, Eagle Ford, Bakken/Williston Basin and DJ Basin/Rockies/Niobrara. Company news releases further emphasize that Kimbell’s acreage covers every major onshore basin in the continental United States. This multi-basin exposure provides access to both oil- and gas‑weighted resource plays.
Scale and asset footprint
Recent company announcements state that Kimbell owns mineral and royalty interests in over 17 million gross acres in 28 states and in every major onshore basin in the continental United States, including ownership in more than 131,000 gross wells. In some disclosures, the company highlights that over 51,000 of these wells are in the Permian Basin. This footprint includes both major and minor properties, with the company distinguishing between higher net revenue interest properties and smaller interests that are more time‑consuming to quantify in detail.
Operational updates in Kimbell’s news releases describe activity across its acreage in terms of drilled but uncompleted wells ("DUCs"), permitted locations and active rigs. The company regularly reports net DUCs and net permitted locations on its major properties and compares these to an estimated number of net wells needed to maintain flat production. It also reports the number of rigs actively drilling on its acreage and the resulting share of U.S. land rig activity, illustrating how operators are developing the underlying resource base.
Production mix and exposure
Kimbell’s reported production is expressed in barrels of oil equivalent ("Boe") per day using a 6:1 conversion for natural gas. Company news releases for 2024 and 2025 describe run‑rate average daily production levels above 24,000 Boe per day, with the mix composed of both liquids and natural gas. The partnership provides detail on the percentage of production from oil, natural gas and NGLs, and publishes realized prices for each commodity, which flow through to its oil, natural gas and NGL revenues.
Because Kimbell’s interests span numerous basins, its production is diversified across regions such as the Permian, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Mid‑Continent, Bakken, Appalachia and the Rockies. Operational tables in its news releases break down gross and net DUCs and permits by basin, showing where future production is expected to come from as operators complete wells and bring them online.
Capital structure and credit facility
Kimbell’s common units representing limited partner interests trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KRP, as confirmed in its Form 8‑K filings. The partnership uses a secured revolving credit facility as a key component of its capital structure. An 8‑K dated December 16, 2025 describes a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement that provides for a senior secured reserve‑based revolving credit facility with an aggregate maximum principal amount of up to $1.5 billion, an initial borrowing base of $625 million and an initial elected commitments amount of $625 million.
According to that filing, the facility is guaranteed by certain material subsidiaries and is collateralized by substantially all assets, including oil and natural gas properties of those subsidiaries. The borrowing base is determined by the value of the partnership’s and certain subsidiaries’ oil and natural gas properties and is subject to semi‑annual redeterminations around May 1 and November 1, with additional unscheduled redeterminations available. The agreement includes financial covenants such as a maximum Debt to EBITDAX Ratio and a minimum current ratio, as well as customary affirmative and negative covenants and events of default.
Distributions and financial policy
Company news releases explain that Kimbell’s Board of Directors of its general partner approves quarterly cash distributions to common unitholders, often expressed as a percentage of cash available for distribution. The partnership has described a practice of paying out a portion of cash available for distribution and using the remainder to repay outstanding borrowings under its secured revolving credit facility. Kimbell also provides information on the expected U.S. federal income tax characterization of its distributions, including the portion estimated to be treated as return of capital and the portion expected to be treated as dividends for tax purposes.
In addition, Kimbell has discussed steps taken to adjust its capital structure, such as redeeming a portion of its Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Units and increasing the borrowing base and commitments on its credit facility. These actions are described in its news releases as measures that affect its cost of capital and balance sheet metrics.
Risk management and hedging
Kimbell regularly discloses details of its commodity hedging program in its quarterly news releases. The company provides tables of fixed price swaps for oil and natural gas volumes, with associated weighted average fixed prices over future quarters. These hedging positions are intended to manage exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices and are reported alongside realized prices, revenues and non‑GAAP measures such as consolidated Adjusted EBITDA.
Regulatory reporting and investor communications
Kimbell files annual, quarterly and current reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A news release dated February 27, 2025 notes the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, which includes audited financial statements and detailed reserve information. Form 8‑K filings dated August 7, 2025 and November 6, 2025 reference news releases announcing quarterly financial and operating results and note that updated investor presentations are posted under the "Events and Presentations" section of the company’s investor relations website.
Through these filings and presentations, Kimbell provides information on its production, reserves, hedging, capital structure, distributions, and the status of its mineral and royalty portfolio. Investors can review these documents to understand how the partnership’s multi‑basin asset base, credit facility and distribution policy interact over time.
Position within the oil and gas value chain
Kimbell operates in the crude petroleum and natural gas extraction industry within the broader mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector. However, as a mineral and royalty owner, it does not describe itself as the operator of drilling or completion activities. Instead, it earns royalties from operators that develop and produce hydrocarbons on acreage where Kimbell holds interests. This business model ties the partnership’s performance to drilling activity, commodity prices and the development decisions of numerous operating companies across its footprint.
Use of non‑GAAP measures and guidance
In its news releases, Kimbell reports non‑GAAP financial measures such as consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, cash general and administrative expense and cash available for distribution, and provides reconciliations to the nearest GAAP measures in supplemental schedules. The partnership has also issued operational guidance ranges, including expected daily production, commodity mix, unit costs and payout ratio, to outline its expectations for future periods. These disclosures are accompanied by cautionary statements regarding forward‑looking information and the risks inherent in oil and natural gas drilling and production activities.