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Side-by-side financial comparison of Black Stone Minerals, L.P. (BSM) and Information Services Group Inc. (III). Click either name above to swap in a different company.
Black Stone Minerals, L.P. is the larger business by last-quarter revenue ($95.2M vs $61.2M, roughly 1.6× Information Services Group Inc.). Black Stone Minerals, L.P. runs the higher net margin — 75.9% vs 4.4%, a 71.4% gap on every dollar of revenue. On growth, Information Services Group Inc. posted the faster year-over-year revenue change (2.7% vs -8.7%). Over the past eight quarters, Information Services Group Inc.'s revenue compounded faster (-2.4% CAGR vs -9.7%).
Black Stone Minerals, L.P., or Black Stone Minerals, is a Houston, Texas-based oil and natural gas corporation.
EBSCO Information Services, headquartered in Ipswich, Massachusetts, is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a private company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. EBSCO provides products and services to libraries of many types around the world. Its products include EBSCONET, a complete e-resource management system, and EBSCOhost, which supplies a fee-based online research service with 375 full-text databases, a collection of 600,000-plus ebooks, subject indexes, point-of-care medical refere...
BSM vs III — Head-to-Head
Income Statement — Q4 FY2025 vs Q1 FY2026
| Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $95.2M | $61.2M |
| Net Profit | $72.2M | $2.7M |
| Gross Margin | — | — |
| Operating Margin | 78.6% | 8.2% |
| Net Margin | 75.9% | 4.4% |
| Revenue YoY | -8.7% | 2.7% |
| Net Profit YoY | 55.8% | 82.5% |
| EPS (diluted) | — | $0.05 |
Green = leading value per metric. Periods may differ when fiscal calendars don't align.
8-Quarter Revenue & Profit Trend
Side-by-side quarterly history. Quarters aligned by calendar period so offset fiscal years line up.
| Q1 26 | — | $61.2M | ||
| Q4 25 | $95.2M | $61.2M | ||
| Q3 25 | $105.2M | $62.4M | ||
| Q2 25 | $106.7M | $61.6M | ||
| Q1 25 | $115.3M | $59.6M | ||
| Q4 24 | $104.3M | $57.8M | ||
| Q3 24 | $103.2M | $61.3M | ||
| Q2 24 | $115.2M | $64.3M |
| Q1 26 | — | $2.7M | ||
| Q4 25 | $72.2M | $2.6M | ||
| Q3 25 | $91.7M | $3.1M | ||
| Q2 25 | $120.0M | $2.2M | ||
| Q1 25 | $15.9M | $1.5M | ||
| Q4 24 | $46.3M | $3.0M | ||
| Q3 24 | $92.7M | $1.1M | ||
| Q2 24 | $68.3M | $2.0M |
| Q1 26 | — | — | ||
| Q4 25 | — | 44.8% | ||
| Q3 25 | — | 42.2% | ||
| Q2 25 | — | 42.2% | ||
| Q1 25 | — | 43.1% | ||
| Q4 24 | — | 41.5% | ||
| Q3 24 | — | 40.4% | ||
| Q2 24 | — | 39.5% |
| Q1 26 | — | 8.2% | ||
| Q4 25 | 78.6% | 8.4% | ||
| Q3 25 | 89.5% | 7.4% | ||
| Q2 25 | — | 7.6% | ||
| Q1 25 | 14.9% | 5.7% | ||
| Q4 24 | 45.6% | 0.3% | ||
| Q3 24 | 90.2% | 7.0% | ||
| Q2 24 | 59.5% | 5.7% |
| Q1 26 | — | 4.4% | ||
| Q4 25 | 75.9% | 4.3% | ||
| Q3 25 | 87.2% | 4.9% | ||
| Q2 25 | 112.5% | 3.5% | ||
| Q1 25 | 13.8% | 2.5% | ||
| Q4 24 | 44.4% | 5.3% | ||
| Q3 24 | 89.9% | 1.9% | ||
| Q2 24 | 59.3% | 3.2% |
| Q1 26 | — | $0.05 | ||
| Q4 25 | — | $0.06 | ||
| Q3 25 | — | $0.06 | ||
| Q2 25 | — | $0.04 | ||
| Q1 25 | — | $0.03 | ||
| Q4 24 | — | $0.07 | ||
| Q3 24 | — | $0.02 | ||
| Q2 24 | — | $0.04 |
Balance Sheet & Financial Strength
Snapshot of each company's liquidity, leverage and book value from the latest quarter.
| Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Cash + ST InvestmentsLiquidity on hand | $1.5M | — |
| Total DebtLower is stronger | — | — |
| Stockholders' EquityBook value | — | — |
| Total Assets | $1.3B | — |
| Debt / EquityLower = less leverage | — | — |
8-quarter trend — quarters aligned by calendar period.
| Q1 26 | — | — | ||
| Q4 25 | $1.5M | $28.7M | ||
| Q3 25 | $2.9M | $28.7M | ||
| Q2 25 | $2.5M | $25.2M | ||
| Q1 25 | $2.4M | $20.1M | ||
| Q4 24 | $2.5M | $23.1M | ||
| Q3 24 | $21.0M | $9.7M | ||
| Q2 24 | $26.7M | $11.8M |
| Q1 26 | — | — | ||
| Q4 25 | — | $94.7M | ||
| Q3 25 | — | $94.7M | ||
| Q2 25 | — | $94.1M | ||
| Q1 25 | — | $95.0M | ||
| Q4 24 | — | $96.3M | ||
| Q3 24 | — | $96.6M | ||
| Q2 24 | — | $95.5M |
| Q1 26 | — | — | ||
| Q4 25 | $1.3B | $211.0M | ||
| Q3 25 | $1.3B | $213.3M | ||
| Q2 25 | $1.3B | $200.7M | ||
| Q1 25 | $1.2B | $202.4M | ||
| Q4 24 | $1.2B | $204.5M | ||
| Q3 24 | $1.2B | $227.1M | ||
| Q2 24 | $1.2B | $235.3M |
Cash Flow & Capital Efficiency
How much cash each business actually produces after reinvestment. Cash flow is harder to manipulate than net income.
| Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash FlowLast quarter | $65.1M | — |
| Free Cash FlowOCF − Capex | — | — |
| FCF MarginFCF / Revenue | — | — |
| Capex IntensityCapex / Revenue | — | — |
| Cash ConversionOCF / Net Profit | 0.90× | — |
| TTM Free Cash FlowTrailing 4 quarters | — | — |
8-quarter trend — quarters aligned by calendar period.
| Q1 26 | — | — | ||
| Q4 25 | $65.1M | $5.1M | ||
| Q3 25 | $99.8M | $11.1M | ||
| Q2 25 | $80.5M | $11.9M | ||
| Q1 25 | $64.8M | $978.0K | ||
| Q4 24 | $91.0M | $6.6M | ||
| Q3 24 | $93.2M | $8.8M | ||
| Q2 24 | $100.4M | $2.2M |
| Q1 26 | — | — | ||
| Q4 25 | — | $4.3M | ||
| Q3 25 | — | $9.5M | ||
| Q2 25 | — | $11.1M | ||
| Q1 25 | — | $141.0K | ||
| Q4 24 | — | $6.0M | ||
| Q3 24 | — | $8.4M | ||
| Q2 24 | — | $1.3M |
| Q1 26 | — | — | ||
| Q4 25 | — | 7.0% | ||
| Q3 25 | — | 15.2% | ||
| Q2 25 | — | 18.0% | ||
| Q1 25 | — | 0.2% | ||
| Q4 24 | — | 10.4% | ||
| Q3 24 | — | 13.7% | ||
| Q2 24 | — | 2.0% |
| Q1 26 | — | — | ||
| Q4 25 | — | 1.2% | ||
| Q3 25 | — | 2.5% | ||
| Q2 25 | — | 1.4% | ||
| Q1 25 | — | 1.4% | ||
| Q4 24 | — | 0.9% | ||
| Q3 24 | — | 0.6% | ||
| Q2 24 | — | 1.4% |
| Q1 26 | — | — | ||
| Q4 25 | 0.90× | 1.94× | ||
| Q3 25 | 1.09× | 3.62× | ||
| Q2 25 | 0.67× | 5.46× | ||
| Q1 25 | 4.07× | 0.66× | ||
| Q4 24 | 1.96× | 2.15× | ||
| Q3 24 | 1.01× | 7.66× | ||
| Q2 24 | 1.47× | 1.07× |
Financial Flow Comparison
Revenue → gross profit → operating profit → net profit for each company.
Revenue Breakdown by Segment
BSM
| Oil Reserves | $46.4M | 49% |
| Natural Gas Reserves | $44.1M | 46% |
| Real Estate | $4.7M | 5% |
III
Segment breakdown not available.
