---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-014363"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DMLP"
cik: "0001172358"
company_name: "DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P."
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:57:23.024619+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dorchester Minerals Q1 net income drops to $0.44/unit from $0.71; revenue down 23%

## Summary
- Net income $18.2M ($0.44/unit) vs $28.1M ($0.71/unit) in Q1 2023.
- Operating revenues $31.0M, down 23% year-over-year from $40.2M.
- Q1 distribution declared at $0.781837/unit, payable May 9, 2024 to holders of record Apr 29.
- Partnership notes cash distributions not comparable to net earnings due to timing and depletion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-014363
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DMLP
- cik: 0001172358
- company_name: DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P.
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172358/000143774924014363/0001437749-24-014363-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172358/000143774924014363/dmlp20240501_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P. reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $30,979,000, net income $18,167,000, EPS $0.44 per common unit.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $30,979,000
  - Net income: $18,167,000
  - EPS: $0.44 per common unit
  - Result: reported results
  source text: of the Partnership’s consolidated results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 are set forth below: Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 2023 Operating Revenues $ 30,979,000 $ 40,167,000 Net Income $ 18,167,000 $ 28,070,000 Net Income Per Common Unit $ 0.44 $ 0.71 The Partnership previously declared its first quarter distribution in the amount of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172358/000143774924014363/0001437749-24-014363-index.htm

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