Vital EnergyVTLE
About: Vital Energy is an independent energy company. Its business is focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The Company has identified one operating segment: exploration and production.
Employees: 326
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
35% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 85 | Existing positions reduced: 63
31% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 47 | Existing positions closed: 36
27% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $68.5M | Put options by funds: $54.1M
19% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $753M [Q3] → $899M (+$147M) [Q4]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 220 [Q3] → 228 (+8) [Q4]
2.95% more ownership
Funds ownership: 73.27% [Q3] → 76.22% (+2.95%) [Q4]
40% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q3] → 3 (-2) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
5 analyst ratings
Truist Securities Neal Dingmann 41% 1-year accuracy 62 / 152 met price target | 65%upside $47 | Buy Maintained | 21 Feb 2025 |
Piper Sandler Mark Lear 47% 1-year accuracy 82 / 175 met price target | 12%upside $32 | Neutral Maintained | 29 Jan 2025 |
Wells Fargo Hanwen Chang 31% 1-year accuracy 5 / 16 met price target | 26%upside $36 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 15 Jan 2025 |
Mizuho William Janela 32% 1-year accuracy 8 / 25 met price target | 33%upside $38 | Neutral Maintained | 14 Jan 2025 |
JP Morgan Zach Parham 53% 1-year accuracy 9 / 17 met price target | 5%upside $30 | Underweight Maintained | 5 Dec 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about VTLE published over the past 30 days









