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MV Oil Trust

MVO
56
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy
Winston Score
56
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Strong

Winston Score History

The full picture

MV Oil Trust is a simple financial structure that collects money from oil and natural gas production in Kansas and Colorado. It does not drill wells or run operations itself — instead, it owns the right to receive a portion of the revenue from existing wells operated by MV Partners. The trust was set up specifically to pass that income along to investors.

The trust earns money by taking a fixed percentage of proceeds each time oil and gas is sold from those wells. It operates only in a small, defined region of the central United States and has no employees or real business operations of its own. Because the underlying wells are aging and not being replaced, production naturally declines over time — meaning the trust is expected to shrink and eventually wind down, which is the central risk for anyone holding it.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
104.7%
Premium pricing power — 104.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
87.7%
Excellent — 87.7% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
505.2%
Exceptional — 505.2% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-36.6%
Shrinking sales (-36.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-38.2%
Earnings shrinking (-38.2% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
1/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
-4%
Weak — only -4% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-3.8%
Burning cash (-3.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.7x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.7

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
186.20%
no trend
Healthy income — 186.20% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+7.7%
no trend
Dividend growing modestly (7.7% YoY)

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