Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP announced first quarter 2023 results.
Today, the Board of Directors of the General Partner (the "Board of Directors") approved a cash distribution payment to common unitholders of 75% of cash available for distribution for the first quarter of 2023, or $0.35 per common unit. The distribution will be payable on May 22, 2023 to common unitholders of record at the close of business on May 15, 2023. Kimbell plans to utilize the remaining 25% of cash available for distribution for the first quarter of 2023 to pay down a portion of the outstanding borrowings under its secured revolving credit facility. Since May 2020 (excluding the expected upcoming pay-down from the remaining 25% of Q1 2023 projected cash available for distribution), Kimbell has paid down approximately $99.2 million of outstanding borrowings under its secured revolving credit facility by allocating a portion of its cash available for distribution for debt pay-down.
Kimbell expects that approximately 72% of its first quarter 2023 distribution should not constitute dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but instead are estimated to constitute non-taxable reductions to the basis of each distribution recipient's ownership interest in Kimbell common units. The reduced tax basis will increase unitholders' capital gain (or decrease unitholders' capital loss) when unitholders sell their common units. The Form 8937 containing additional information may be found at www.kimbellrp.com under "Investor Relations" section of the site. Kimbell currently believes that the portion that constitute dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes will be considered qualified dividends, subject to holding period and certain other conditions, which are subject to a tax rate of 0%, 15% or 20% depending on the income level and tax filing status of a unitholder for 2023. Kimbell believes these estimates are reasonable based on currently available information, but they are subject to change.
Kimbell's first quarter 2023 average realized price per Bbl of oil was $74.99, per Mcf of natural gas was $3.16, per Bbl of NGLs was $25.82 and per Boe combined was $36.19.
During the first quarter of 2023, the Company's total revenues were $66.9 million, net income was approximately $28.9 million and net income attributable to common units was approximately $23.3 million, or $0.37 per common unit.
Total first quarter 2023 consolidated Adjusted EBITDA was $42.3 million (consolidated Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. Please see a reconciliation to the nearest GAAP financial measures at the end of this news release).
In the first quarter of 2023, G&A expense was $8.3 million, $5.1 million of which was Cash G&A expense, or $3.34 per Boe (Cash G&A and Cash G&A per Boe are non-GAAP financial measures. Please see definition under Non-GAAP Financial Measures in the Supplemental Schedules included in this news release). Unit-based compensation in the first quarter of 2023, which is a non-cash G&A expense, was $3.2 million or $2.07 per Boe.
As of March 31, 2023, Kimbell had approximately $223.9 million in debt outstanding under its secured revolving credit facility, had net debt to first quarter 2023 trailing twelve month consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of approximately 1.0x and was in compliance with all financial covenants under its secured revolving credit facility. Kimbell had approximately $126.1 million in undrawn capacity under its secured revolving credit facility as of March 31, 2023.
As of March 31, 2023, Kimbell had outstanding 64,950,333 common units and 15,484,400 Class B units. As of May 3, 2023, Kimbell had outstanding 64,950,333 common units and 15,484,400 Class B units.
Kimbell maintains a consistent hedging methodology, and hedges out two years on a rolling quarterly basis. The Company's commodity derivative contracts consist of fixed price swaps, under which Kimbell receives a fixed price for the contract and pays a floating market price to the counterparty over a specified period for a contracted volume. Kimbell hedges expected daily production based on the amount of debt as a percent of total enterprise value. These economic hedges constituted approximately 15% of daily production for the first quarter of 2023.
The following provides information concerning Kimbell's hedge book as of March 31, 2023:
Fixed Price Swaps as of March 31, 2023 |
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Weighted Average |
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Volumes |
Fixed Price |
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Oil |
Nat Gas |
Oil |
Nat Gas |
|
BBL |
MMBTU |
$/BBL |
$/MMBTU |
|
2Q 2023 |
70,889 |
998,179 |
$ 61.16 |
$ 2.52 |
3Q 2023 |
72,680 |
1,047,880 |
$ 61.70 |
$ 3.09 |
4Q 2023 |
67,988 |
995,532 |
$ 63.00 |
$ 3.28 |
1Q 2024 |
54,509 |
823,186 |
$ 76.32 |
$ 4.15 |
2Q 2024 |
56,511 |
809,354 |
$ 82.40 |
$ 4.31 |
3Q 2024 |
48,576 |
785,588 |
$ 69.30 |
$ 4.45 |
4Q 2024 |
68,448 |
811,164 |
$ 70.02 |
$ 4.48 |
1Q 2025 |
71,640 |
848,070 |
$ 66.31 |
$ 4.37 |
On April 11, 2023, Kimbell announced the signing of a purchase and sale agreement with MB Minerals, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (the "MB Minerals Acquisition") to acquire Midland Basin mineral and royalty assets for approximately $143.1 million in a cash and unit transaction. The Acquired Production is expected to increase Kimbell's run-rate average daily production by 1,901 Boe (6:1) per day (77% oil, 12% natural gas, 11% NGL), beginning in the second quarter of 2023. Completion of the MB Minerals Acquisition is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions as set forth in the purchase and sale agreement. The MB Minerals Acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2023, with an effective production date of April 1, 2023.
Kimbell management affirms 2023 guidance provided in the Q4 2022 earnings release, and management will provide updated 2023 guidance on or after the closing of the MB Minerals Acquisition.