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Vital Energy Inc (NYSE: VTLE) closed the day trading at $17.82 down -0.50% from the previous closing price of $17.91. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.50 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.65 million shares were traded. VTLE stock price reached its highest trading level at $18.17 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $17.685.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VTLE, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.79 and its Current Ratio is at 0.79. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.14 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.12.
On April 07, 2025, Citigroup Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $17. Siebert Williams Shank Downgraded its Buy to Hold on March 05, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $62 to $27.
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 Jul 14 ’25 when Lambert Lisa Marie bought 16,994 shares for $18.14 per share.
Campbell Richard D sold 250,000 shares of VTLE for $4,562,953 on Jul 09 ’25. The 10% Owner now owns 7,618,933 shares after completing the transaction at $18.25 per share. On Jul 10 ’25, another insider, Campbell Richard D, who serves as the 10% Owner of the company, sold 50,000 shares for $18.12 each. As a result, the insider received 906,235 and left with 7,568,933 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 689573376 and an Enterprise Value of 3018253824. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.36 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.33. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.559 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.075.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VTLE is 1.62, which has changed by -0.4674238 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16844666 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VTLE has reached a high of $37.33, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $12.30. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -21.82%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VTLE traded about 1.56M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VTLE traded about 3004200 shares per day. A total of 38.69M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 30.37M. Insiders hold about 21.51% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 75.66% stake in the company. Shares short for VTLE as of 1755216000 were 6786270 with a Short Ratio of 4.34, compared to 1752537600 on 7449196. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6786270 and a Short% of Float of 26.69.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 12.0 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $2.07, with high estimates of $2.76 and low estimates of $1.25.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $9.25 and $6.92 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $8.01. EPS for the following year is $5.26, with 11.0 analysts recommending between $8.05 and $3.04.
Revenue Estimates
6 analysts predict $453.72M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $479.01M to a low estimate of $423M. As of the current estimate, Vital Energy Inc’s year-ago sales were $459.23MFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $510.97M. There is a high estimate of $533M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $486M.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for VTLE’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.05B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.85B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.95B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.95BBased on 6 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.88B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.1B and the low estimate is $1.68B.
