Mesa Royalty Trust (NYSE:MTR) Short Interest Update

Posted by Donna Armstrong on Mar 29th, 2026

Mesa Royalty Trust (NYSE:MTR – Get Free Report) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 10,440 shares, an increase of 57.9% from the February 26th total of 6,613 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 48,986 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Mesa Royalty Trust in a report on Monday, December 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to MarketBeat, Mesa Royalty Trust has an average rating of “Sell”.

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Mesa Royalty Trust Stock Performance

NYSE:MTR traded down $0.06 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $5.09. The company had a trading volume of 10,657 shares, compared to its average volume of 34,042. Mesa Royalty Trust has a fifty-two week low of $4.03 and a fifty-two week high of $10.42. The business’s fifty day moving average is $4.96 and its two-hundred day moving average is $4.85. The firm has a market cap of $9.46 million, a P/E ratio of 22.11 and a beta of 0.48.

Mesa Royalty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be given a $0.0015 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st.

Mesa Royalty Trust Company Profile

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Mesa Royalty Trust (NYSE: MTR) is a statutory trust that holds overriding royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties primarily located in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico. Established in 1981 by Mesa Production Oil & Gas, Inc, the trust’s portfolio comprises interests in thousands of producing wells across key producing areas, including the Midland, Delaware and Central Basin platforms. These interests provide the trust with net revenue rights to a portion of the hydrocarbons produced from the underlying formations.

The trust’s core business activity is the collection and distribution of royalty income derived from the sale of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs).