MIDLAND, Texas – Permian Resources Corporation (“Permian Resources” or the “Company”) (NYSE: PR) today announced its first quarter 2025 financial and operational results, revised full year 2025 guidance and a strategic Northern Delaware Basin bolt-on acquisition.
Recent Financial and Operational Highlights
- Reported crude oil and total average production of 175.0 MBbls/d and 373.2 MBoe/d
- Announced cash capital expenditures of $501 million, net cash provided by operating activities of $898 million and adjusted free cash flow1 of $460 million, representing the highest adjusted free cash flow in Company history
- Closed previously announced non-core divestiture of the Barilla Draw gathering systems for $180 million
- Maintained strong balance sheet with leverage1 of ~0.8x, cash of $702 million and total liquidity of $3.2 billion
- Declared base dividend of $0.15 per share, representing a 5.0% yield
- Recently repurchased 4.1 million shares at a weighted average price of $10.52 per share
- Reduced the mid-point of full year capital budget by $50 million to $1.95 billion, while maintaining oil and total production guidance ranges
Bolt-On Transaction Highlights
- Acquired 13,320 net acres and 8,700 net royalty acres directly offset Permian Resources’ core New Mexico operating areas for $608 million
- ~12 MBoe/d (~45% oil) of low decline production expected during second half of 2025
- High NRI (average 83% 8/8ths) enhances returns and bolsters PR’s existing royalty position
- Adds >100 new gross operated, two-mile locations with advantaged NRIs, which immediately compete for capital
- Inventory scheduled for development in the near-term achieves an average breakeven of ~$30 per barrel WTI
- Significant industrial logic with clear path to outsized value creation
- Majority of inventory located within PR’s existing Parkway asset in Eddy County, one of the Company’s most capital efficient assets
- High-quality non-operated position provides PR the opportunity to add incremental value via its ground game
- Purchased at an attractive valuation, reflecting current market conditions
- $12,500 per net acre, $6,000 per net royalty acre and $2 million per net location
- Accretive to all key per share metrics
- Maintain strong balance sheet pro forma for transaction with <1x net debt-to-EBITDAX and >$3 billion of liquidity at year-end 2025, assuming $60 per barrel WTI for remainder of year
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Management Commentary
“Permian Resources delivered another outstanding quarter, highlighted by strong operational performance and lower costs. Through our team’s relentless pursuit of enhancing our low cost leadership, during the quarter we reduced controllable cash costs per Boe by 4% quarter-over-quarter and lowered D&C costs to $750 per foot, which helped generate record quarterly adjusted free cash flow of $460 million,” said Will Hickey, Co-CEO of Permian Resources.
“As a result of the current environment, we are lowering the mid-point of our capital expenditure budget by $50 million while maintaining our full year production guidance, demonstrating the high-quality nature of our asset base,” said James Walter, Co-CEO of Permian Resources. “Underpinned by high-return inventory and improved business fundamentals, we expect to deliver similar free cash flow at $60 per barrel WTI for the remainder of 2025 as we did in 2024 at $75 per barrel.”
PR’s Fortress Balance Sheet Allows It To Be Opportunistic During Downturns
Since the Company’s inception, Permian Resources has been focused on improving its already strong balance sheet in order to position itself to create outsized value in the event of a downturn. Since year-end 2023, Permian Resources has increased its liquidity by over $1 billion to $3.2 billion, while steadily decreasing leverage despite more than doubling the size of the Company over this time. Permian Resources’ current leverage ratio of 0.8x represents a reduction of over 25% since 2023 and is in-line or better than many of its large-cap E&P peers. Permian Resources’ consistent hedging philosophy is designed to protect the balance sheet, cash flow and shareholder returns. With approximately 25% of its oil production hedged this year at attractive prices, the Company’s peer-leading hedge position ensures it has the flexibility to be opportunistic during downcycles.
Importantly, Permian Resources’ low-cost leadership and high-quality asset base have resulted in improved business fundamentals, capable of delivering strong free cash flow generation even at lower oil prices. Combined, these attributes ensure that Permian Resources is well-positioned to act in order to maximize shareholder returns in any commodity price environment.
Permian Resources’ downturn strategy is focused on three main pillars: maintaining a rock-solid balance sheet, leveraging its cost leadership and investing opportunistically. Given its current position of strength, the Company was able to immediately begin to execute on its downturn playbook during the second quarter, deploying capital in a countercyclical nature to take advantage of lower commodity prices. In April, the Company began to execute on its share repurchase program during heightened market volatility, buying back 4.1 million shares at a weighted average price of $10.52 per share. More recently, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire APA Corporation’s Northern Delaware Basin assets, which consist of low breakeven inventory and low decline production within its core New Mexico operating areas. Permian Resources believes that these investments during periods of lower commodity prices will generate significant returns for its shareholders over the long-term.
Notably, the Company’s balance sheet remains strong pro forma for the transaction, making it well positioned to continue executing upon this playbook, with expected net debt-to-EBITDAX of less than 1x and over $3 billion of liquidity at year-end, after giving effect to this transaction and assuming $60 per barrel WTI for remainder of year.
Financial and Operational Results
Permian Resources continued the efficient development of its core Delaware Basin acreage position in the first quarter. During the quarter, average daily crude oil production was 174,967 Bbls/d, a 2% increase compared to the prior quarter. Reported natural gas and NGL volumes were 673,388 Mcf/d and 86,010 Bbls/d, respectively. Oil outperformance was driven by continued strong execution, in particular from production optimization and well performance on assets acquired in 2024. The additional outperformance in natural gas production was primarily a result of higher ethane rejection during the quarter.
Total cash capital expenditures (“capex”) for the first quarter were $501 million. The Company continues to reduce well costs on a per lateral foot basis. For the first quarter, drilling and completion costs were approximately $750 per lateral foot, or an 8% reduction compared to 2024.
Realized prices for the quarter were $70.48 per barrel of oil, $1.35 per Mcf of natural gas and $23.90 per barrel of NGL. The Company demonstrated strong cost control in the first quarter, with total controllable cash costs (LOE, GP&T and cash G&A) decreasing $0.30 per Boe quarter-over-quarter to $7.54 per Boe. First quarter LOE was $5.35 per Boe, GP&T was $1.39 per Boe and cash G&A was $0.80 per Boe.
For the first quarter, Permian Resources generated net cash provided by operating activities of $898 million, adjusted operating cash flow1 of $961 million and adjusted free cash flow1 of $460 million. Adjusted diluted shares1 outstanding were 847.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
As previously discussed, Permian Resources continues to maintain a strong financial position and low leverage profile. During the quarter, the Company further strengthened its balance sheet by increasing cash on hand by $223 million quarter-over-quarter to $702 million. Total debt was reduced by 4% quarter-over-quarter to $4.0 billion, as the Company redeemed $175 million in principal of legacy Earthstone 9.875% Senior Notes during January. At quarter-end, Permian Resources’ revolving credit facility remained undrawn, and total liquidity was $3.2 billion. Net debt-to-LQA EBITDAX1 at March 31, 2025 was 0.8x.
Acquisition Overview
Permian Resources announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) to purchase approximately 13,320 net acres, 8,700 net royalty acres and 12,000 Boe/d directly offset Permian Resources’ core New Mexico operating areas for $608 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. The acquired acreage is over 65% operated and has an average 8/8ths net revenue interest of approximately 83%. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to all key per share metrics. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the second quarter of 2025.
The bolt-on acquisition meets and exceeds Permian Resources’ acquisition criteria for growing its high-return and low breakeven inventory. Permian Resources has identified over 100 gross operated, two-mile locations with high NRIs which immediately compete for capital. The acquired inventory scheduled for development over the near-term achieves an average breakeven of $30 per barrel WTI. The asset’s shallow base decline and high-return inventory drive a low reinvestment rate of approximately 35%, which supports the long-term accretion of the acquisition.
Permian Resources has identified significant upside potential associated with the acquired assets. In addition to new operated inventory, the acquisition increases working interest in over 100 existing Permian Resources operated locations, given the sizable acreage overlap. Additionally, the acquired properties include high-quality non-operated acreage adjacent to and surrounding Permian Resources’ current position. Utilizing its highly effective ground game, the Company plans to leverage this acreage to trade for incremental interests in existing operated units or establish new operating units.
“This acquisition is a natural fit for us and has material upside that Permian Resources is uniquely positioned to realize. We continue to grow our high return inventory, our net royalty acre portfolio and our acreage footprint in a cost-efficient manner that reflects the current environment. Our overarching goal is to drive long-term value for our investors, and we believe the addition of high-quality assets adjacent to our core position, acquired during a lower commodity price environment will further enhance short and long-term returns for investors,” said James Walter, Co-CEO.
2025 Operational Plan and Target Update
Permian Resources is maintaining its full year 2025 standalone oil and total production guidance ranges, while reducing its cash capex range by 3% at the mid-point to $1.9 – $2.0 billion from $1.9 – $2.1 billion, previously. As a result of the reduced activity, the Company now expects to turn-in-line approximately 275 gross wells. There are no other changes to the Company’s standalone guidance ranges.
The recent acquisition noted above is expected to add approximately 12,000 Boe/d (~45% oil) of total production to the second half of 2025. The Company expects approximately $20 million of incremental capital expenditures associated with additional activity on the newly acquired acreage during the second half of 2025. Notably, the potential impact of the recently announced acquisition is not included in the revised standalone guidance.
(For a detailed table summarizing Permian Resources’ revised 2025 operational and financial guidance, please see the Appendix of this press release.)
Shareholder Returns
Permian Resources announced today that its Board of Directors declared the Company’s second quarter 2025 base dividend of $0.15 per share of Class A common stock, or $0.60 per share on an annualized basis. The base dividend is payable on June 30, 2025 to shareholders of record as of June 16, 2025. The Company’s base dividend represents an annualized yield of 5.0% as of May 6, 2025.
Subsequent to quarter-end, Permian Resources took advantage of heightened market volatility to opportunistically repurchase its shares in the open market. During April, the Company repurchased 4.1 million shares for $43 million at a weighted average price of $10.52 per share. The Company currently has a $1 billion share repurchase authorization in place.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
Permian Resources’ financial statements and related footnotes will be available in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, which is expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 8, 2025.
Conference Call and Webcast
Permian Resources will host an investor conference call on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Central (10:00 a.m. Eastern) to discuss first quarter 2025 operating and financial results. Interested parties may join the call by visiting Permian Resources’ website at www.permianres.com and clicking on the webcast link or by dialing (800) 549-8228 (Conference ID: 27785) at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call. A replay of the call will be available on the Company’s website or by phone at (888) 660-6264 (Passcode: 27785) for a 14-day period following the call.
About Permian Resources
Headquartered in Midland, Texas, Permian Resources is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on driving peer-leading returns through the acquisition, optimization and development of high-return oil and natural gas properties. The Company’s assets are located in the Permian Basin, with a concentration in the core of the Delaware Basin. Through its approximately 450,000 net acres in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, Permian Resources is the second largest Permian Basin pure-play E&P. For more information, please visit www.permianres.com.
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The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this press release, regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words “could,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “goal,” “plan,” “target” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events.
Forward-looking statements may include statements about:
- volatility of oil, natural gas and NGL prices or a prolonged period of low oil, natural gas or NGL prices and the effects of actions by, or disputes among or between, members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”), such as Saudi Arabia, and other oil and natural gas producing countries, such as Russia, with respect to production levels or other matters related to the price of oil, natural gas and NGLs;
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- our business strategy and future drilling plans;
- our reserves and our ability to replace the reserves we produce through drilling and property acquisitions;
- our drilling prospects, inventories, projects and programs;
- our financial strategy, return of capital program, leverage, liquidity and capital required for our development program;
- our realized oil, natural gas and NGL prices;
- the timing and amount of our future production of oil, natural gas and NGLs;
- our ability to identify, complete and effectively integrate acquisitions of properties, or businesses;
- our hedging strategy and results;
- our competition;
- our ability to obtain permits and governmental approvals;
- our compliance with government regulations, including those related to climate change as well as environmental, health and safety regulations and liabilities thereunder;
- our pending legal matters;
- the marketing and transportation of our oil, natural gas and NGLs;
- our leasehold or business acquisitions;
- cost of developing or operating our properties;
- our anticipated rate of return;
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- weather conditions in the areas where we operate;
- credit markets;
- our ability to make dividends, distributions and share repurchases;
- uncertainty regarding our future operating results;
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We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control, incident to the exploration for and development, production, gathering and sale of oil, natural gas and NGLs. Factors which could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
- commodity price volatility (including regional basis differentials);
- uncertainty inherent in estimating oil, natural gas and NGL reserves, including the impact of commodity price declines on the economic producibility of such reserves, and in projecting future rates of production;
- geographic concentration of our operations;
- lack of availability of drilling and production equipment and services;
- lack of transportation and storage capacity as a result of oversupply, government regulations or other factors;
- risks related to acquisitions we may make from time to time, including the risk that we may fail to integrate such acquisitions on the terms and timing contemplated, or at all, and/or to realize our strategy and plans to achieve the expected benefits of such acquisitions;
- competition in the oil and natural gas industry for assets, materials, qualified personnel and capital;
- drilling and other operating risks;
- environmental and climate related risks, including seasonal weather conditions;
- regulatory changes, including those that may result from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning the Chevron deference doctrine and that may impact environmental, energy, and natural resources regulation;
- the possibility that the industry in which we operate may be subject to new or volatile local, state, and federal laws, regulations or policies that may affect our business (including additional taxes and changes in regulations and policies related to environmental, health, and safety, climate change, trade policy and tariffs) as a result of existing or developing political, environmental and social movements;
- restrictions on the use of water, including limits on the use of produced water and potential restrictions on the availability of water disposal facilities;
- availability of cash flow and access to capital;
- inflation;
- changes in our credit ratings or adverse changes in interest rates;
- changes in the financial strength of counterparties to our credit agreement and hedging contracts;
- the timing of development expenditures;
- political and economic conditions and events in foreign oil and natural gas producing countries, including embargoes, continued hostilities in the Middle East and other sustained military campaigns, including the conflict in Israel and its surrounding areas, the war in Ukraine and associated economic sanctions on Russia, conditions in South America, Central America, China and Russia, and acts of terrorism or sabotage and the effects therefrom;
- changes in local, regional, national, and international economic conditions;
- security threats, including evolving cybersecurity risks such as those involving unauthorized access, denial-of-service attacks, third-party service provider failures, malicious software, data privacy breaches by employees, insiders or other with authorized access, cyber or phishing-attacks, ransomware, social engineering, physical breaches or other actions; and
- other risks described in our filings with the SEC.
Reserve engineering is a process of estimating underground accumulations of oil and natural gas that cannot be measured in an exact way. The accuracy of any reserve estimate depends on the quality of available data, the interpretation of such data, and price and cost assumptions made by reserve engineers. In addition, the results of drilling, testing and production activities may justify revisions of estimates that were made previously. If significant, such revisions would change the schedule of any further production and development drilling. Accordingly, reserve estimates may differ significantly from the quantities of oil and natural gas that are ultimately recovered.
Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in this press release occur, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue.
Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.
1) Adjusted Operating Cash Flow, Adjusted Free Cash Flow, Adjusted Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Net Debt-to-LQA EBITDAX (also referred to as “leverage” in this press release) are non-GAAP financial measures. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” included within the Appendix of this press release for related disclosures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company does not provide guidance on the items used to reconcile between forecasted Net Debt-to-EBITDAX to forecasted long-term debt, net or forecasted net income due to the uncertainty regarding timing and estimates of certain items. Therefore, we cannot reconcile forecasted Net Debt-to-EBITDAX to long-term debt, net, or net income without unreasonable effort.
Details of our revised 2025 operational and financial guidance and the source can be found at:
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