Texas Pacific Land (TPL) 8-KTexas Pacific Land Corporation Announces Third Quarter Results

“Our strong results this quarter showcase the benefit of a strategy predicated on robust active management on our legacy assets combined with opportunistic growth,” said Tyler Glover, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. “Record royalty production during the quarter was driven by our outstanding legacy royalty position, and we anticipate that our recently announced acquisitions will also meaningfully enhance our royalty production going forward. In addition, we continue to execute on new opportunities leveraging our surface and water assets, with prior acquisitions of strategic surface acreage and pore-space easements facilitating numerous new commercial agreements with high-quality operator customers. The 37% increase to the regular dividend announced today is largely supported by our recent acquisitions, which we expect to provide a substantial uplift to our near-term financial results and to strengthen our long-term growth outlook.”

The Company reported net income of $106.6 million for the third quarter of 2024 compared to net income of $114.6 million for the second quarter of 2024.

Total revenues for the third quarter of 2024 were $173.6 million compared to $172.3 million for the second quarter of 2024. The increase in revenues was primarily due to a $4.6 million increase in oil and gas royalty revenue and a $2.4 million increase in produced water royalties, partially offset by a $4.4 million decrease in water sales compared to the second quarter of 2024. The decrease in water sales was principally due to a decrease of 9.0% in water sales volumes for the third quarter of 2024 compared to the second quarter of 2024. The Company’s share of production was 28.3 thousand Boe per day for the third quarter of 2024 versus 24.9 thousand Boe per day for the second quarter of 2024, and the average realized price was $38.04 per Boe in the third quarter of 2024 compared to $41.44 per Boe in the second quarter of 2024. TPL's revenue streams are directly impacted by commodity prices and development and operating decisions made by its customers.

Total operating expenses were $46.2 million for the third quarter of 2024 compared to $39.1 million for the second quarter of 2024. The change in operating expenses was principally related to an increase in legal and professional fees during the third quarter of 2024, partially offset by a decrease in water service-related expenses over the same period.

Total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 were $520.0 million compared to $464.9 million for the same period of 2023. All revenue streams, except land sales and easements and other surface-related income, increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 with the $28.2 million increase in water sales being the biggest contributor. The growth in water sales was principally due to an increase of 27.6% in water sales volumes for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period of 2023. Additionally, oil and gas royalty revenue increased $17.7 million primarily due to higher production volumes for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period of 2023. Oil and gas royalty revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 included an $8.7 million settlement with an operator with respect to unpaid oil and gas royalties for older production periods. Excluding the impact of the $8.7 million settlement on oil and gas royalty revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, oil and gas royalty revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased $26.4 million over the same period of 2023. The Company’s share of production was 26.0 thousand Boe per day for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 versus 22.6 thousand Boe per day for the same period of 2023. The average realized price was $40.60 per Boe for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 versus $42.49 per Boe for the same period of 2023. TPL’s revenue streams are directly impacted by commodity prices and development and operating decisions made by its customers.

Total operating expenses were $123.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $112.7 million for the same period of 2023. The change in operating expenses was principally related to an increase in water service-related expenses due to the 27.6% increase in water sales volumes for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period of 2023.

On November 4, 2024, the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.60 per share, payable on December 16, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 2, 2024.

The Company will hold a conference call on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 7:30 a.m. Central Time to discuss third quarter results. A live webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investors section of the Company’s website at www.TexasPacific.com. To listen to the live broadcast, go to the site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register and install any necessary audio software.

The conference call can also be accessed by dialing 1-877-407-4018 or 1-201-689-8471. The telephone replay can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2921 or 1-412-317-6671 and providing the conference ID# 13745174. The telephone replay will be available starting shortly after the call through November 21, 2024.

Texas Pacific Land Corporation is one of the largest landowners in the State of Texas with approximately 873,000 acres of land, with the majority of its ownership concentrated in the Permian Basin. The Company is not an oil and gas producer, but its surface and royalty ownership provide revenue opportunities throughout the life cycle of a well. These revenue opportunities include fixed fee payments for use of our land, revenue for sales of materials (caliche) used in the construction of infrastructure, providing sourced water and/or treated produced water, revenue from our oil and gas royalty interests, and revenues related to saltwater disposal on our land. The Company also generates revenue from pipeline, power line and utility easements, commercial leases and temporary permits related to a variety of land uses including midstream infrastructure projects and hydrocarbon processing facilities.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are based on TPL’s beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, TPL, and therefore involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Generally, future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” or “may” and the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “intend,” “expect” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, references to strategies, plans, objectives, expectations, intentions, assumptions, future operations and prospects and other statements that are not historical facts. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Although TPL believes that plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by any forward-looking statements made herein are reasonable, TPL may be unable to achieve such plans, intentions or expectations and actual results, and performance or achievements may vary materially and adversely from those envisaged in this news release due to a number of factors including, but not limited to: the initiation or outcome of potential litigation; and any changes in general economic and/or industry specific conditions. These risks, as well as other risks associated with TPL are also more fully discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. You can access TPL’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and TPL strongly encourages you to do so. Except as required by applicable law, TPL undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or other statements herein for revisions or changes after this communication is made.

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In addition to amounts presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), we also present certain supplemental non-GAAP performance measurements. These measurements are not to be considered more relevant or accurate than the measurements presented in accordance with GAAP. In compliance with the requirements of the SEC, our non-GAAP measurements are reconciled to net income, the most directly comparable GAAP performance measure. For all non-GAAP measurements, neither the SEC nor any other regulatory body has passed judgment on these non-GAAP measurements.

EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measurement of earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization. Its purpose is to highlight earnings without finance, taxes, and depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, and its use is limited to specialized analysis. We calculate Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA plus employee share-based compensation. Its purpose is to highlight earnings without non-cash activity such as share-based compensation and other non-recurring or unusual items, if applicable. We calculate Free Cash Flow as Adjusted EBITDA less current income tax expense and capital expenditures. Its purpose is to provide an additional measure of operating performance. We have presented EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow because we believe that these metrics are useful supplements to net income in analyzing the Company’s operating performance. Our definitions of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow may differ from computations of similarly titled measures of other companies.

The following table presents a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and June 30, 2024 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023 (in thousands):