Viper Energy
VNOM
About: Viper Energy Inc is focused on owning and acquiring mineral and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin. The Permian Basin is known to have a number of zones of oil and natural gas-bearing rock throughout.
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
83% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 165 | Existing positions reduced: 90
58% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $35.3M | Put options by funds: $22.4M
33% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q1] → 4 (+1) [Q2]
5.48% more ownership
Funds ownership: 96.35% [Q1] → 101.84% (+5.48%) [Q2]
2% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 54 | Existing positions closed: 55
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 365 [Q1] → 361 (-4) [Q2]
11% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $5.71B [Q1] → $5.09B (-$620M) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
6 analyst ratings
Mizuho
William Janela
|
$51
|
Outperform
Maintained
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15 Sep 2025 |
Keybanc
Tim Rezvan
|
$54
|
Overweight
Maintained
|
3 Sep 2025 |
Morgan Stanley
Devin McDermott
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$46
|
Overweight
Initiated
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18 Aug 2025 |
Piper Sandler
Mark Lear
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$68
|
Overweight
Maintained
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14 Aug 2025 |
Wells Fargo
Hanwen Chang
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$48
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Overweight
Maintained
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14 Aug 2025 |
Raymond James
John Freeman
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$57
|
Outperform
Reiterated
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29 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about VNOM published over the past 30 days