Zacks Research Lifts Earnings Estimates for Viper Energy

Viper Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) – Zacks Research raised their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Viper Energy in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 14th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the oil and gas producer will earn $1.70 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $1.69. The consensus estimate for Viper Energy’s current full-year earnings is $2.02 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Viper Energy’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.35 EPS.

Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 3rd. The oil and gas producer reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $418.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $389.35 million. Viper Energy had a net margin of 20.62% and a return on equity of 3.09%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 98.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.49 earnings per share.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the company. TD Securities set a $54.00 target price on Viper Energy in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Barclays lifted their price target on Viper Energy from $57.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Mizuho upped their price objective on Viper Energy from $51.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Viper Energy in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of Viper Energy from $46.00 to $45.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $54.20.

Viper Energy Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ:VNOM opened at $37.28 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $37.94 and a 200-day moving average of $37.91. The firm has a market cap of $13.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.40, a P/E/G ratio of 22.64 and a beta of 0.48. Viper Energy has a twelve month low of $34.71 and a twelve month high of $52.03. The company has a current ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

Viper Energy Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 13th were given a $0.33 dividend. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 13th. Viper Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 54.55%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Viper Energy

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VNOM. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Viper Energy in the second quarter worth $27,000. Steigerwald Gordon & Koch Inc. purchased a new stake in Viper Energy in the 3rd quarter worth about $31,000. Ameriflex Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Viper Energy during the 3rd quarter worth about $38,000. Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in Viper Energy by 48.7% during the 2nd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,068 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 350 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CoreCap Advisors LLC grew its stake in Viper Energy by 503.3% during the 3rd quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 1,086 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 906 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.72% of the company’s stock.

Viper Energy Company Profile

Viper Energy Partners LP is a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns and intends to acquire mineral and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties. As a pass-through entity, Viper Energy Partners does not engage in drilling or production operations directly; instead, it generates revenues by holding overriding royalty interests, mineral fee interests and royalty fee interests. These interests entitle the partnership to receive a percentage of the proceeds from hydrocarbons produced and sold by third-party operators.

The partnership’s assets are concentrated in the Permian Basin, with a primary focus on the Delaware Basin region of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.