Vista Energy (VIST)

Market Cap: 4.29B

About: Vista Energy SAB de CV is an independent oil and gas company. It is focused on shale oil and shale gas exploration at its main assets in Vaca Muerta. The company has operations in Argentina and Mexico. The company operates in a single segment- the exploration and production of Crude oil, Natural gas, and LPG. Geographically, It operates in Argentina and Mexico. it generates the majority of its revenue from Argentina.

Employees: 470

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q1 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

175% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $27.8M | Put options by funds: $10.1M

117% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 26 | Existing positions closed: 12

39% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.37B [Q4 2023] → $1.91B (+$536M) [Q1 2024]

25% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q4 2023] → 5 (+1) [Q1 2024]

13% more funds holding

Funds holding: 108 [Q4 2023] → 122 (+14) [Q1 2024]

1.58% less ownership

Funds ownership: 49.98% [Q4 2023] → 48.4% (-1.58%) [Q1 2024]

53% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 26 | Existing positions reduced: 55

Research analyst outlook

4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price forecasts over the past 6 months

• Low target: $47 5% upside
• Avg. target: $50 12% upside
• High target: $53 19% upside

4 analyst ratings

• positive: 1 25%
• neutral: 3 75%
• negative: 0 0%

UBS Tasso Vasconcellos	12% upside $50	Neutral Maintained	1 May 2024
Citigroup Andres Cardona	12% upside $50	Neutral Downgraded	17 Apr 2024
Jefferies Alejandro Demichelis	19% upside $53	Buy Maintained	16 Apr 2024
UBS Tasso Vasconcellos	5% upside $47	Neutral Downgraded	28 Mar 2024