This week the latest portfolio I'm building (my Safari To Sweet Success portfolio) seeks a high-yield and growing stock in the energy sector. 

That sector includes six industries all related to bringing oil and gas to market. They are as follows: drilling, exploration and production (E&P), equipment and services, integrated, midstream, refining & marketing.  all such oily and gassy enterprises.

Today I'm reviewing an oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) firm. It's a small-cap stock with market capital between $200 Million and $2 Billion. It's name is Permian Basin Royalty Trust. It's trading ticker symbol is PBT. 

Permian Basin Royalty Trust is an oil and natural gas royalty trust. The Company owns overriding royalty rights in mineral properties in the United States.

Its Texas Royalty properties comprise approximately 125 separate royalty interests containing approximately 51,000 net producing acres. 

Permian Basin Royalty Trust was founded in 1980 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

I use three key data points gauge the value of any dividend equity or fund like Permian Basin Royalty Trust. (PBT): 

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

After those three, four more keys will finally unlock an equity or fund in which to invest.

However, it's those first three primary traits that best tell whether a company has made, is making, and will make money. 

PBT Price

Permian Basin's price was $10.04 per share at yesterday's market close.  A year ago its price was $9.52 for a gain of $0.52 per share in the past year.  

Assuming PBT's price will trade between the range of $5.00 to $12.00 next year, its price could grow another $0.52 from $10.04 to $10.56 by April, 2019. 

PBT Dividends

Permian Basin's most recent variable monthly dividend was $0.0745 paid April 12th.  Total annual dividend for 2018 is estimated at $0.89 per share for a yield of 8.9% at yesterdays $10.04 stock price.

Gains For PBT?

The $0.52 estimated year over year price gain plus an anticipated dividend of  $0.89 makes a projected gross annual gain of $1.41, which will be reduced by costs to trade these shares.  

$1,000.00 invested today at the $10.02 price buys 100 shares. 

A $10 broker fee paid half at purchase and half at sale subtracts $0.10 per share

Taking that $0.10 brokerage cost out of the estimated $1.41 gross gain leaves a net gain of $1.31 X 100 shares = $131.00 or a 13% potential net gain on a $1004.00 investment.

Therefore, Permian Basin Royalty Trust (whose ticker symbol is PBT), now shows a possible 13% net gain including a 8.9% dividend yield. 

One analyst covers this stock. However she gives no rating on the 1 to 5 Buy to Sell Scale.  However, as for price movement she sees a $2.96 gain instead of my $0.52 gain for the year.

Those forward looking numbers were conjecture based on past year performance. Actual results remain to be seen.  They could turn out to be far higher or lower. More study is required for you to determine if Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT) is worth your time and money.