Viper Energy Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:VNOM)

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Viper Energy in the last year. There are currently 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" VNOM shares.
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7 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Viper Energy's shares. Their VNOM share price targets range from $33.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $37.64 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.8% from the stock's current price.
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Viper Energy's stock was trading at $31.79 at the start of the year. Since then, VNOM stock has decreased by 3.6% and is now trading at $30.66.
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Viper Energy saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,950,000 shares, an increase of 44.4% from the October 31st total of 1,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 509,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 20th 2024.
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Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 6th. The oil and gas producer reported $1.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.64. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $293.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $199.43 million. Viper Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.35% and a net margin of 19.94%. The firm's revenue was up 32.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.98 earnings per share.

Viper Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.57 per share on Friday, November 24th. This represents a $2.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 15th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.33.
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Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.52%. The dividend payout ratio is 47.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VNOM will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.94% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) stock in their portfolio include Horizon Kinetics Inflation Beneficiaries ETF (INFL), Amplify Natural Resources Dividend Income ETF (NDIV), Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV) and Virtus Real Asset Income ETF (VRAI).First Trust Multi-Manager Small Cap Opportunities ETF (MMSC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Viper Energy investors own include Chembio Diagnostics (CEMI), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), NovoCure (NVCR), BlackRock Capital Investment (BKCC), Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP), Washington Prime Group (WPG), New Residential Investment (NRZ) and Roper Technologies (ROP).

Viper Energy's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wellington Management Group LLP (6.32%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.13%), Boston Partners (1.09%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.94%), Recurrent Investment Advisors LLC (0.53%) and Morgan Stanley (0.49%). Insiders that own company stock include Bx Guidon Topco Llc, Frank C Hu, Holdings LP Blackstone III, Matt Zmigrosky, Royalty & Mineral Mast Warwick, Spencer D Armour III and Steven E West.
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