NYSE:NRP Natural Resource Partners Q2 2024 Earnings Report $104.26 +4.38 (+4.38%) Closing price 04/17/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$104.60 +0.33 (+0.32%) As of 04/17/2025 05:01 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Earnings History Natural Resource Partners EPS ResultsActual EPS$2.29Consensus EPS N/ABeat/MissN/AOne Year Ago EPSN/ANatural Resource Partners Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$65.54 millionExpected RevenueN/ABeat/MissN/AYoY Revenue GrowthN/ANatural Resource Partners Announcement DetailsQuarterQ2 2024Date8/7/2024TimeN/AConference Call DateWednesday, August 7, 2024Conference Call Time9:00AM ETUpcoming EarningsNatural Resource Partners' Q1 2025 earnings is scheduled for Monday, May 5, 2025, with a conference call scheduled on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptPress Release (8-K)Quarterly Report (10-Q)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfilePowered by Natural Resource Partners Q2 2024 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrAugust 7, 2024 ShareLink copied to clipboard.There are 4 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Good morning, and welcome to the Natural Resource Partners LP Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Emma, and I will be your conference manager. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question and answer session. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Tiffany Sammis, Manager of Investor Relations. Operator00:00:39You may begin. Speaker 100:00:41Thank you. Good morning and welcome to the Natural Resource Partners' Q2 2024 Conference Call. Today's call is being webcast and a replay will be available on our website. Joining me today are Craig Nunez, President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Zolas, Chief Financial Officer and Kevin Craig, Executive Vice President. Some of our comments today may include forward looking statements reflecting NRP's views about future events. Speaker 100:01:09These matters involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to materially differ from our forward looking statements. These risks are discussed in NRP's Form 10 ks and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward looking statements for any reason. Our comments today also include non GAAP financial measures. Additional details and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in our second quarter press release, which can be found on our website. Speaker 100:01:44I would like to remind everyone that we do not intend to discuss the operations or outlook for any particular coal SE or detailed market fundamentals. Now, I would like to turn the call over to Craig Nunez, our President and Chief Operating Officer. Speaker 200:01:58Thank you, Tiffany, and good morning, everyone. NRP generated $57,000,000 of free cash flow in the 2nd quarter and two eighty $7,000,000 of free cash flow over the last 12 months. While we began to experience the negative impacts of lower metallurgical coal and soda ash prices in the first half of the year, we continue to generate robust free cash flow and make steady progress toward our goal of eliminating all financial obligations. As of today, our total remaining obligations, which include debt and preferred equity, stand at approximately $240,000,000 a decrease of 35% from 1 year ago. While we believe lower prices for coal and soda ash will be with us for the foreseeable future, we expect to continue generating sufficient cash to achieve our goal of paying off all financial obligations. Speaker 200:02:55In the Q2 of 2024, we eliminated the final tranche of warrants and redeemed $40,000,000 of preferred equity, leaving only $32,000,000 of preferreds remaining. We paid off the warrants and preferreds with a combination of internally generated cash and lower cost revolver borrowings. We expect to generate sufficient cash to pay down the revolver borrowings well in advance of the revolver's maturity date. We remain steadfast in our belief that this is the best strategy to maximize the intrinsic value of the partnership. Metallurgical coal prices drifted lower during the quarter as slowing global economic growth led to softening demand for steel. Speaker 200:03:41Despite recent weakness, metallurgical prices remain above historical norms and we believe that long term demand trends for steel, industry labor shortages and limited investment in new metallurgical coal supply will provide reasonable support for the foreseeable future. Thermal coal prices improved in the 2nd quarter, driven by above average summer heat in the United States and an uptick in international demand. These positives continued to be partially offset by low priced North American natural gas and the continued long term secular decline in U. S. Demand for thermal coal. Speaker 200:04:22Turning to our soda ash investment. We received an $8,000,000 cash distribution from Cisajam Wyoming in the Q2 of 2024 that was paid in connection with the Q1 2024 performance. This distribution reflects the significant decline in soda ash prices experienced in recent months, resulting from the flood of new production that has come online over the past year. We expect soda ash prices and distributions from our soda ash investment to remain under pressure for the foreseeable future as we believe it will take several years for the global market to fully absorb this new capacity. These near term challenges do not however impact our positive long term outlook for our soda ash business. Speaker 200:05:09We are one of the world's lowest cost producers of a product that has favorable long term fundamentals driven by urbanization, the megatrends for renewable energy and the electrification of the global auto fleet. Our soda ash business remains a key asset in generating value for NRP unitholders today and in the long run. We continue to explore opportunities to lease our mineral and surface assets for permanent underground carbon dioxide sequestration, ore sequestration, lithium production and the generation of electricity using geothermal, wind and solar energy, activities that we collectively call carbon neutral initiatives or C and I for short. Activity has slowed in the C and I space over the course of 2024 as project developers have grown more cautious of making large capital commitments in light of an uncertain regulatory and political environment. While we believe the potential upside from our C and I assets is significant, while requiring no capital expenditures by NRP, These industries are still decades away from full development, as you know. Speaker 200:06:20And with that, I will now turn the call over to Chris to cover our financial results. Speaker 300:06:25Wonderful. Thank you, Craig. In the Q2 of 2024, NRP generated $46,000,000 of net income and $57,000,000 of operating and free cash flow. Moving to our Mineral Rights segment results, it generated $53,000,000 of net income, $56,000,000 of operating cash flow and $57,000,000 of free cash flow during the Q2 of 2024. When compared to the prior year period, our Mineral Rights segment net income was relatively flat as a decrease in coal royalty revenue, primarily due to weakened steel demand was offset by non recurring items, which included a $5,000,000 gain on asset sales and the receipt of $2,000,000 from a carbon neutral initiative transaction. Speaker 300:07:11Mineral Rights segment's operating cash flow and free cash flow increased $1,000,000 despite the decrease in coal sales volumes and pricing, primarily due to the timing of cash payments and the payment from the Carbon Neutral Initiative transaction. Regarding our Q2 2024 met thermal coal royalty mix, metallurgicalcoalmadeupapproximately75 percent of our coal royalty revenues and 60% of our sales volumes. Shifting to our soda ash segment. Net income in the Q2 of 2024 was $4,000,000 a decrease of $23,000,000 as compared to the prior year quarter. This decrease was due to the lower sales prices, primarily driven by the significant increased supply from China. Speaker 300:08:02Free cash flow from this segment was $8,000,000 in the Q2 of 2024, a decrease of $25,000,000 as compared to the prior year quarter. As we've been communicating, soda ash pricing has dramatically declined from the record highs seen last year and until the market is able to absorb the additional supply from China, we expect prices to remain muted and our distributions received from Sisajam to reflect the business' performance. Changing over to our Corporate and Financing segment. In the Q2 of 2024, we continue to make steady progress towards our goal of eliminating our financial obligations. We settled the remaining $300,000 of our outstanding warrants with $10,000,000 of cash and issuing a bit over 89,000 common units. Speaker 300:08:52And we retired $40,000,000 of preferred units at par with cash. During 2024, in total, we've permanently retired $1,500,000 warrants using $66,000,000 of cash and issuing just under 288,000 common units. And we permanently retired $40,000,000 of preferred units at par with cash. As a result, at the end of the second quarter, we had just over $240,000,000 of remaining financial obligations made up of $211,000,000 of debt and just under $32,000,000 of preferred units. For the Corporate and Financing segment's financial results, net income and free cash flow decreased $1,000,000 during the Q2 of 2024 compared to the prior year quarter, primarily due to higher interest expense and cash paid for interest because of increased borrowings outstanding on our credit facility in 2024 that we used to settle the preferred units and the remaining warrants. Speaker 300:09:54Lastly, regarding our quarterly distributions, in May of 2024, we declared and paid a 1st quarter distribution of $0.75 per common unit and a $2,150,000 cash distribution to our preferred unitholders. And today, we announced our 2nd quarter distribution of $0.75 per common unit and a $1,000,000 cash distribution to our preferred unitholders to repay later this month. And with that, I'll turn the call back over to Emma for questions. Operator00:10:24Thank you. At this time, we have no questions. Craig Nunez, I turn the call back over to you for closing remarks. Speaker 200:10:51Thank you, operator, and I'd like to thank everyone for joining us today and for your interest in NRP. We have a good year ahead of us, I believe, and look forward to going on the journey with you. Have a good day and goodbye. Operator00:11:08This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect.Read morePowered by Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallNatural Resource Partners Q2 202400:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2x Earnings DocumentsPress Release(8-K)Quarterly report(10-Q) Natural Resource Partners Earnings HeadlinesNatural Resource Partners L.P. (NRP): A Bull Case TheoryMarch 28, 2025 | insidermonkey.comNRP Q4 Earnings Drop Y/Y Amid Weak Coal, Soda Ash PricesMarch 11, 2025 | msn.comTrump to unlock 15-figure fortune for America (May 3rd) ?We were shown this map by former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, one of the most politically connected men in America. 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Email Address About Natural Resource PartnersNatural Resource Partners (NYSE:NRP), together with its subsidiaries, owns, manages, and leases a portfolio of mineral properties in the United States. It operates in two segments, Mineral Rights and Soda Ash. The company owns interests in coal, soda ash, trona, and other natural resources. Its coal reserves are primarily located in the Appalachia Basin, the Illinois Basin, and the Northern Powder River Basin in the United States; industrial minerals and aggregates properties located in the United States; and oil and gas properties located in Louisiana. The company leases a portion of its reserves in exchange for royalty payments; and owns and leases transportation and processing infrastructure related to coal properties. NRP (GP) LP serves as the general partner of the company. 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There are 4 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Good morning, and welcome to the Natural Resource Partners LP Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Emma, and I will be your conference manager. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question and answer session. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Tiffany Sammis, Manager of Investor Relations. Operator00:00:39You may begin. Speaker 100:00:41Thank you. Good morning and welcome to the Natural Resource Partners' Q2 2024 Conference Call. Today's call is being webcast and a replay will be available on our website. Joining me today are Craig Nunez, President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Zolas, Chief Financial Officer and Kevin Craig, Executive Vice President. Some of our comments today may include forward looking statements reflecting NRP's views about future events. Speaker 100:01:09These matters involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to materially differ from our forward looking statements. These risks are discussed in NRP's Form 10 ks and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward looking statements for any reason. Our comments today also include non GAAP financial measures. Additional details and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in our second quarter press release, which can be found on our website. Speaker 100:01:44I would like to remind everyone that we do not intend to discuss the operations or outlook for any particular coal SE or detailed market fundamentals. Now, I would like to turn the call over to Craig Nunez, our President and Chief Operating Officer. Speaker 200:01:58Thank you, Tiffany, and good morning, everyone. NRP generated $57,000,000 of free cash flow in the 2nd quarter and two eighty $7,000,000 of free cash flow over the last 12 months. While we began to experience the negative impacts of lower metallurgical coal and soda ash prices in the first half of the year, we continue to generate robust free cash flow and make steady progress toward our goal of eliminating all financial obligations. As of today, our total remaining obligations, which include debt and preferred equity, stand at approximately $240,000,000 a decrease of 35% from 1 year ago. While we believe lower prices for coal and soda ash will be with us for the foreseeable future, we expect to continue generating sufficient cash to achieve our goal of paying off all financial obligations. Speaker 200:02:55In the Q2 of 2024, we eliminated the final tranche of warrants and redeemed $40,000,000 of preferred equity, leaving only $32,000,000 of preferreds remaining. We paid off the warrants and preferreds with a combination of internally generated cash and lower cost revolver borrowings. We expect to generate sufficient cash to pay down the revolver borrowings well in advance of the revolver's maturity date. We remain steadfast in our belief that this is the best strategy to maximize the intrinsic value of the partnership. Metallurgical coal prices drifted lower during the quarter as slowing global economic growth led to softening demand for steel. Speaker 200:03:41Despite recent weakness, metallurgical prices remain above historical norms and we believe that long term demand trends for steel, industry labor shortages and limited investment in new metallurgical coal supply will provide reasonable support for the foreseeable future. Thermal coal prices improved in the 2nd quarter, driven by above average summer heat in the United States and an uptick in international demand. These positives continued to be partially offset by low priced North American natural gas and the continued long term secular decline in U. S. Demand for thermal coal. Speaker 200:04:22Turning to our soda ash investment. We received an $8,000,000 cash distribution from Cisajam Wyoming in the Q2 of 2024 that was paid in connection with the Q1 2024 performance. This distribution reflects the significant decline in soda ash prices experienced in recent months, resulting from the flood of new production that has come online over the past year. We expect soda ash prices and distributions from our soda ash investment to remain under pressure for the foreseeable future as we believe it will take several years for the global market to fully absorb this new capacity. These near term challenges do not however impact our positive long term outlook for our soda ash business. Speaker 200:05:09We are one of the world's lowest cost producers of a product that has favorable long term fundamentals driven by urbanization, the megatrends for renewable energy and the electrification of the global auto fleet. Our soda ash business remains a key asset in generating value for NRP unitholders today and in the long run. We continue to explore opportunities to lease our mineral and surface assets for permanent underground carbon dioxide sequestration, ore sequestration, lithium production and the generation of electricity using geothermal, wind and solar energy, activities that we collectively call carbon neutral initiatives or C and I for short. Activity has slowed in the C and I space over the course of 2024 as project developers have grown more cautious of making large capital commitments in light of an uncertain regulatory and political environment. While we believe the potential upside from our C and I assets is significant, while requiring no capital expenditures by NRP, These industries are still decades away from full development, as you know. Speaker 200:06:20And with that, I will now turn the call over to Chris to cover our financial results. Speaker 300:06:25Wonderful. Thank you, Craig. In the Q2 of 2024, NRP generated $46,000,000 of net income and $57,000,000 of operating and free cash flow. Moving to our Mineral Rights segment results, it generated $53,000,000 of net income, $56,000,000 of operating cash flow and $57,000,000 of free cash flow during the Q2 of 2024. When compared to the prior year period, our Mineral Rights segment net income was relatively flat as a decrease in coal royalty revenue, primarily due to weakened steel demand was offset by non recurring items, which included a $5,000,000 gain on asset sales and the receipt of $2,000,000 from a carbon neutral initiative transaction. Speaker 300:07:11Mineral Rights segment's operating cash flow and free cash flow increased $1,000,000 despite the decrease in coal sales volumes and pricing, primarily due to the timing of cash payments and the payment from the Carbon Neutral Initiative transaction. Regarding our Q2 2024 met thermal coal royalty mix, metallurgicalcoalmadeupapproximately75 percent of our coal royalty revenues and 60% of our sales volumes. Shifting to our soda ash segment. Net income in the Q2 of 2024 was $4,000,000 a decrease of $23,000,000 as compared to the prior year quarter. This decrease was due to the lower sales prices, primarily driven by the significant increased supply from China. Speaker 300:08:02Free cash flow from this segment was $8,000,000 in the Q2 of 2024, a decrease of $25,000,000 as compared to the prior year quarter. As we've been communicating, soda ash pricing has dramatically declined from the record highs seen last year and until the market is able to absorb the additional supply from China, we expect prices to remain muted and our distributions received from Sisajam to reflect the business' performance. Changing over to our Corporate and Financing segment. In the Q2 of 2024, we continue to make steady progress towards our goal of eliminating our financial obligations. We settled the remaining $300,000 of our outstanding warrants with $10,000,000 of cash and issuing a bit over 89,000 common units. Speaker 300:08:52And we retired $40,000,000 of preferred units at par with cash. During 2024, in total, we've permanently retired $1,500,000 warrants using $66,000,000 of cash and issuing just under 288,000 common units. And we permanently retired $40,000,000 of preferred units at par with cash. As a result, at the end of the second quarter, we had just over $240,000,000 of remaining financial obligations made up of $211,000,000 of debt and just under $32,000,000 of preferred units. For the Corporate and Financing segment's financial results, net income and free cash flow decreased $1,000,000 during the Q2 of 2024 compared to the prior year quarter, primarily due to higher interest expense and cash paid for interest because of increased borrowings outstanding on our credit facility in 2024 that we used to settle the preferred units and the remaining warrants. Speaker 300:09:54Lastly, regarding our quarterly distributions, in May of 2024, we declared and paid a 1st quarter distribution of $0.75 per common unit and a $2,150,000 cash distribution to our preferred unitholders. And today, we announced our 2nd quarter distribution of $0.75 per common unit and a $1,000,000 cash distribution to our preferred unitholders to repay later this month. And with that, I'll turn the call back over to Emma for questions. Operator00:10:24Thank you. At this time, we have no questions. Craig Nunez, I turn the call back over to you for closing remarks. Speaker 200:10:51Thank you, operator, and I'd like to thank everyone for joining us today and for your interest in NRP. We have a good year ahead of us, I believe, and look forward to going on the journey with you. Have a good day and goodbye. Operator00:11:08This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect.Read morePowered by