Insider buying last 90 days
$147Kin 1 open-market purchase
| Filed | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19 | MORIYAMA LESLIE A officer: Chief Financial Officer | Purchase | $147K |
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Oct 12 close
This week's attention on DMLP centers on technical analysis rather than company-specific news: one piece points to a near-term sentiment shift toward mid-term neutrality and a long-term positive bias, while another notes the stock surfacing on a combined Minervini Trend Template and High-Growth Momentum screen. A separate item simply details the options chain for contracts expiring 19 February 2027, without additional commentary.
DMLP closed at $29.71, little changed on the day, and sits above both its 50-day average of $28.58 and its 200-day average of $26.86, with the shorter average above the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 52.9, placing the stock in the Neutral zone, down 5 points over the past five readings. Price remains 16.2% below the Gekko Fair Value of $35.44. Returns have been positive across recent stretches, including a 9.6% three-month gain and a 20.1% one-year gain, with the 52-week range spanning $20.85 to $30.54.
Earnings are scheduled for 5 November 2026, 23 days out and within a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior report on 6 August showed EPS of $0.62 with a 2.2% reaction. Over the last 90 days, one open-market insider purchase totaling $147,075 has been recorded. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged -1.9% across 5 years, with gains in 2 of those years, a pattern worth noting alongside the upcoming report.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Dorchester Minerals scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $29.71 is above the 50-day ($28.58) and 200-day ($26.86) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart52.9, Neutral
Reading 52.9 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex16.2% below
Price is 16.2% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair valueLeans bullish
Last 90 days: 1 open-market insider purchase.
See smart moneyReports in 24 days
Reports on Nov 5, 2026, 24 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings−1.9% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −1.9% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonalityA description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
Dorchester Minerals closed at $29.71 on Oct 12, 2026, +20.1% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $20.85 to $30.54.
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Dorchester Minerals buys, holds, and oversees stakes tied to oil and gas output found throughout the United States. These positions cover royalty, net profit, and leasehold rights on wells that are either currently producing or sitting idle, and its mineral and royalty stakes touch hundreds of counties and parishes stretched across two dozen states or so. What sets the company apart is the wide footprint of these holdings rather than any direct role in drilling or running wells.
The net profits interests it carries function as overriding royalties, with payouts tied to the earnings its operating partnership collects from underlying properties. As a limited partnership, the firm is directed by a separate general partner, Dorchester Minerals Management LP, which handles its management.
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Dorchester Minerals got its start back in 1982. Its units are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker DMLP.
Dorchester Minerals’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 52.9, in the Neutral zone, down 5 points over five sessions.
Down 5 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 54 | +1.5% | +1.8% | ||
| Accumulation | 227 | +0.5% | +0.6% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 361 | −0.3% | −0.7% | ||
| Distribution | 35 | −1.6% | −0.1% | ||
| Selling | 5 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average DMLP share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Neutral zone: No clear directional signal. About the five zones →
Dorchester Minerals trades 16.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $35.44, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Dorchester Minerals shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$35.44
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
16.2% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 28.8% below the estimate.
Insiders filed 1 open-market purchase in Dorchester Minerals worth $147K, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
$147Kin 1 open-market purchase
| Filed | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19 | MORIYAMA LESLIE A officer: Chief Financial Officer | Purchase | $147K |
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in DMLP were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Dorchester Minerals reports on Nov 5, 2026 (24 days away).
Nov 5, 2026
24 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.62 | $56.08M | +2.2% |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.59 | $58.88M | −3.2% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $0.32 | $41.86M | −0.1% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.23 | $35.42M | +0.3% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.25 | $32.40M | −2.5% |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.36 | $43.16M | +2.6% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.29 | $39.71M | −3.7% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.87 | $53.47M | +2.4% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Dorchester Minerals averaged −1.9% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −0.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +3.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −0.7% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −1.9% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −2.4% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, DMLP’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.5%.
Dorchester Minerals’s market cap is $1.43B, with a P/E ratio of 16.8 and revenue of $186.4M over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Dorchester Minerals this week reads positive: 2 positive, 1 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
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| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| TPLTexas Pacific Land | Neutral | 0.2% below |
| VNOMViper Energy | Neutral | 9.2% below |
| BXSLBlackstone Secured Lending Fund | Accumulation | 2.7% below |
| WTWisdomTree | Accumulation | 9.3% below |
| BSMBlack Stone Minerals | Neutral | 31.7% below |
| FSKFS KKR Capital | Accumulation | 7.9% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Dorchester Minerals’s market cap is $1.43B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $29.71, with 49.09M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 16.8.
On Gekko’s estimate Dorchester Minerals is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $29.71 is 16.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $35.44. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Dorchester Minerals is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026 (24 days away).
Dorchester Minerals’s 52-week high is $30.54 and its 52-week low is $20.85; it closed at $29.71 on Oct 12, 2026, +20.1% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $35.74 on Apr 3, 2024.
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (trend, fair value and smart money), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 2 as headwinds (earnings risk and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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