Analysts await Black Stone Minerals, L.P. (NASDAQ:BSM) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $0.1 EPS, down 40% or $0.04 from last year’s $0.14 per share.

At the moment 8 analysts are watching Black Stone Minerals, L.P. (NASDAQ:BSM), 3 rate it “Buy”, 3 “Outperform”, 2 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 73.53 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 85.25 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 5 analysts have a mean target of 322.32 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 6 analysts have a 0.10 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 6 analysts have a 0.13 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 6 estimates of 0.48 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Black Stone Minerals, L.P. include OZ Management LLC which owns 3 million shares in the company valued at $46.49 million. Zions Bancorporation is the second biggest holder with 3 million shares currently valued at 38.20 million whilst Fidelity Management & Research Company has 2 million shares valued at 18.77 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 17,843,518 with a reported 2,846,583 bought and 2,406,769 sold. These holdings make up 9.3% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 2,185,116 shares in the business which makes up 1.14% of shares. The biggest holder currently is Thomas L. Carter,Jr who owns 452,383 shares (0.24% of those outstanding), whilst Mr. Marc Carroll holds 408,434 (0.21% of shares outstanding) and Mr. Holbrook F. Dorn holds 394,636 (0.21% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 1.43% or $0.24 during the last trading session, hitting $17.09. Black Stone Minerals, L.P. (NASDAQ:BSM) has risen 18.61% over the past 6 months and is uptrending.