Vital EnergyVTLE Market cap $1.18B
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 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
325% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $106M | Put options by funds: $25M
71% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 94 | Existing positions reduced: 55
20% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q1] → 6 (+1) [Q2]
3.53% more ownership
Funds ownership: 72.61% [Q1] → 76.14% (+3.53%) [Q2]
7% less funds holding
Funds holding: 229 [Q1] → 212 (-17) [Q2]
11% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.4B [Q1] → $1.25B (-$148M) [Q2]
33% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 34 | Existing positions closed: 51
Research analyst outlook
10 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
10 analyst ratings
BMO Capital | 29%upside $40 | Market Perform Maintained | 4 Oct 2024 |
Wells Fargo Hanwen Chang 56% 1-year accuracy 5 / 9 met price target | 6%downside $29 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 1 Oct 2024 |
Truist Securities Neal Dingmann 47% 1-year accuracy 69 / 147 met price target | 55%upside $48 | Buy Maintained | 30 Sept 2024 |
Mizuho William Janela 35% 1-year accuracy 7 / 20 met price target | 36%upside $42 | Neutral Maintained | 16 Sept 2024 |
JP Morgan Zach Parham 44% 1-year accuracy 4 / 9 met price target | 0%upside $31 | Underweight Maintained | 12 Sept 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about VTLE published over the past 30 days