Vital Energy Q1 EPS Boosted by Capital One Financial

Vital Energy, Inc. (NYSE:VTLE) – Stock analysts at Capital One Financial upped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Vital Energy in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 8th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $2.45 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.21. The consensus estimate for Vital Energy’s current full-year earnings is $6.93 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Vital Energy’s FY2026 earnings at $7.08 EPS.

Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported $1.61 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.46 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $459.23 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $461.58 million. Vital Energy had a net margin of 25.09% and a return on equity of 9.05%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $5.16 earnings per share.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on VTLE. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on shares of Vital Energy from $48.00 to $40.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 4th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on shares of Vital Energy from $35.00 to $27.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. Mizuho cut their price objective on shares of Vital Energy from $39.00 to $37.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, December 16th. Wolfe Research raised shares of Vital Energy from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Vital Energy from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $46.00.

Vital Energy Stock Up 3.9 %

Shares of VTLE opened at $35.70 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a current ratio of 0.67. The firm has a market cap of $1.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 3.16. Vital Energy has a 52 week low of $25.85 and a 52 week high of $58.30. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $31.02 and its 200 day simple moving average is $33.69.

Institutional Trading of Vital Energy

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VTLE. Rhumbline Advisers lifted its holdings in shares of Vital Energy by 10.6% during the 2nd quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 84,754 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,799,000 after acquiring an additional 8,143 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its position in Vital Energy by 800.9% during the 2nd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 541,337 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,263,000 after purchasing an additional 481,248 shares in the last quarter. Arizona State Retirement System increased its position in Vital Energy by 5.4% during the 2nd quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 6,670 shares of the company’s stock worth $299,000 after purchasing an additional 342 shares in the last quarter. Qsemble Capital Management LP acquired a new position in Vital Energy during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $442,000. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its position in Vital Energy by 19.6% during the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,723,075 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,227,000 after purchasing an additional 282,574 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.54% of the company’s stock.

Vital Energy Company Profile

Vital Energy, Inc, an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin of West Texas, the United States. The company was formerly known as Laredo Petroleum, Inc and changed its name to Vital Energy, Inc in January 2023.