Brokers Offer Predictions for Viper Energy Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• Viper Energy Inc. is expected to earn $0.04 per share for Q3 2025, with a full-year earnings consensus estimate of $2.02 per share, according to analysts at William Blair who have an "Outperform" rating on the stock.
• The company's most recent earnings report showed a quarterly profit of $0.41 per share, exceeding the consensus estimate of $0.34, and revenues increased by 37.1% year-over-year.
• Viper Energy has a dividend yield of 5.4% after announcing a quarterly dividend of $0.53, with an 87.72% ownership by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Viper Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM - Free Report) - Investment analysts at William Blair issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Viper Energy in a research note issued on Sunday, August 24th. William Blair analyst N. Dingmann expects that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.04 per share for the quarter. William Blair currently has a "Outperform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Viper Energy's current full-year earnings is $2.02 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Viper Energy's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.05 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.35 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $0.49 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $0.58 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $0.61 EPS.

VNOM has been the subject of several other reports. Morgan Stanley started coverage on Viper Energy in a research report on Monday, August 18th. They set an "overweight" rating and a $46.00 price objective for the company. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on Viper Energy from $66.00 to $68.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Raymond James Financial restated an "outperform" rating and set a $57.00 price objective (down from $60.00) on shares of Viper Energy in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. TD Securities upped their price objective on Viper Energy from $57.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 4th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on Viper Energy from $51.00 to $48.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Fifteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Viper Energy presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $56.36.

Viper Energy Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VNOM opened at $38.97 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $38.07 and a 200-day moving average price of $40.99. The company has a market cap of $11.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.26, a PEG ratio of 17.57 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 6.15 and a current ratio of 6.15. Viper Energy has a fifty-two week low of $34.71 and a fifty-two week high of $56.76.

Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $297.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $285.35 million. Viper Energy had a return on equity of 3.92% and a net margin of 37.84%.The company's revenue was up 37.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.62 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Viper Energy

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of VNOM. Mariner LLC acquired a new position in Viper Energy in the 4th quarter worth about $249,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its holdings in Viper Energy by 137.0% in the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 6,831 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $335,000 after purchasing an additional 3,949 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp increased its holdings in Viper Energy by 44.6% in the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 16,704 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $820,000 after purchasing an additional 5,154 shares in the last quarter. Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC acquired a new position in Viper Energy in the 4th quarter worth about $2,289,000. Finally, Quarry LP acquired a new position in Viper Energy in the 4th quarter worth about $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.72% of the company's stock.

Viper Energy Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 21st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 14th were issued a $0.53 dividend. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 14th. Viper Energy's dividend payout ratio is presently 38.15%.

About Viper Energy

Viper Energy, Inc engages in the acquisition of oil and natural gas properties. It owns, acquires, and exploits oil and natural gas properties in North America. The company was founded on February 27, 2014 and is headquartered in Midland, TX.

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