Mesabi Trust is a royalty trust organized to derive income from an iron mine (the Peter Mitchell Mine) located near Babbitt, Minnesota, at the eastern end of the Mesabi Iron Range. The Trust is a pass-through entity. It operates in one segment, which is iron ore mining. The mine is operated by Northshore Mining Company (Northshore), a subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CCI). Northshore mines the ore, which is in the form of taconite, a hard rock containing approximately 21% recoverable iron, crushes it, separates the iron particles from the non-metallic, and forms the resulting concentrate into pellets which are shipped for use in steel-producing blast furnaces of customers of CCI. Northshore pays royalties to the Trust primarily based on the selling price of pellets shipped from Northshore’s pellet plant at Silver Bay, Minnesota, on Lake Superior approximately 45 miles from the mine, plus a significantly smaller royalty based on tons of ore extracted at the mine.
Growing
The company is in a growing phase, with the latest annual income totaling USD 17.52M.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 97.48%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 97.48%.
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PB is 15.66, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 6.13M shares, decreasing 1.09% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Bill Nygren | OAKMX
Star Investor Bill Nygren | OAKMX holds 3.73M shares of this stock.