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After finishing at $33.64 in the prior trading day, Vital Energy Inc (NYSE: VTLE) closed at $33.45, down -0.56%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.56 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.51 million shares were traded. VTLE stock price reached its highest trading level at $33.9 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $32.955.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of VTLE by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.67 and its Current Ratio is at 0.67. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.84 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.81.
On July 18, 2024, Wolfe Research started tracking the stock assigning a Underperform rating and target price of $50.Wolfe Research initiated its Underperform rating on July 18, 2024, with a $50 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Oct 08 ’24 when Denny Mark David sold 5,145 shares for $30.22 per share. The transaction valued at 155,482 led to the insider holds 26,358 shares of the business.
Hill Kathryn Anne sold 2,023 shares of VTLE for $61,135 on Oct 08 ’24. The SVP & Chief Operating Officer now owns 29,091 shares after completing the transaction at $30.22 per share. On Oct 10 ’24, another insider, Lemmerman Bryan, who serves as the EVP & CFO of the company, sold 10,000 shares for $28.54 each. As a result, the insider received 285,400 and left with 77,516 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VTLE now has a Market Capitalization of 1276214528 and an Enterprise Value of 3761250048. As of this moment, Vital’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 2.35, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 4.14. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.69 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.42. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.02 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.533.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VTLE is 3.14, which has changed by -0.20227653 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.21794415 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VTLE has reached a high of $58.30, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $25.85. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.94%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -10.86%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 796.67K shares per day over the past 3-months and 718390 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 38.17M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 25.39M. Insiders hold about 33.46% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 71.69% stake in the company. Shares short for VTLE as of 1736899200 were 6031300 with a Short Ratio of 7.57, compared to 1734048000 on 6805802. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6031300 and a Short% of Float of 23.27.
