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The price of Vital Energy Inc (NYSE: VTLE) closed at $30.55 in the last session, up 5.06% from day before closing price of $29.08. In other words, the price has increased by $5.06 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.42 million shares were traded. VTLE stock price reached its highest trading level at $31.95 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $29.64.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at VTLE’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. 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.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. 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 1166313472 and an Enterprise Value of 3705012480. As of this moment, Vital’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 2.14, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 3.65. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.63 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.38. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.989 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.495.
Stock Price History:
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 6.55%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -27.57%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, VTLE traded on average about 1.14M shares per day over the past 3-months and 852210 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 35.41M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 23.69M. Insiders hold about 37.96% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 68.05% stake in the company. Shares short for VTLE as of 1728950400 were 7487365 with a Short Ratio of 6.57, compared to 1726185600 on 7649372. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7487365 and a Short% of Float of 28.860000000000003.
