Viper Energy (VNOM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Viper Energy Partners LP is a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns and intends to acquire mineral and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties. As a pass-through entity, Viper Energy Partners does not engage in drilling or production operations directly; instead, it generates revenues by holding overriding royalty interests, mineral fee interests and royalty fee interests. These interests entitle the partnership to receive a percentage of the proceeds from hydrocarbons produced and sold by third-party operators.

The partnership’s assets are concentrated in the Permian Basin, with a primary focus on the Delaware Basin region of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Viper Energy Partners continually seeks to expand its acreage position through strategic acquisitions of mineral and royalty interests, targeting assets that are operated by established producers. This approach provides unitholders with exposure to production growth and development activity in one of North America’s most active crude oil and natural gas basins, while limiting operational and capital expenditure risk.

Formed in August 2018 as a spin-off from Diamondback Energy, Inc., Viper Energy Partners is governed by a general partner, Viper GP LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Diamondback. The partnership benefits from its affiliation with Diamondback through technical oversight, lease acquisition support and financial backing. Management’s stated objectives include enhancing per-unit cash flow through disciplined acquisition and portfolio optimization strategies designed to capitalize on ongoing drilling and development in the Permian Basin.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $41.30 to $41.30
• 50-Day Range: $40.48 to $46.06
• 52-Week Range: $35.10 to $51.13
• Volume: 1,679 shs
• Average Volume: 2.37 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $15.08 billion
• P/E Ratio: 322.06
• Dividend Yield: 3.62%
• Price Target: $57.07
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Viper Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Viper Energy scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 84th out of 251 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Viper Energy has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.89, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 17 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Viper Energy has a consensus price target of $57.07, representing about 38.3% upside from its current price of $41.27.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Viper Energy has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -13.39%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Viper Energy are expected to decrease by -13.39% in the coming year, from $2.54 to $2.20 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Viper Energy is 317.49, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.57.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Viper Energy is 317.49, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 19.92.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Viper Energy has a P/B Ratio of 1.44. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.48% of the float of Viper Energy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Viper Energy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.42.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Viper Energy has recently increased by 3.03%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Viper Energy is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.60%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Viper Energy does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Viper Energy is 1,169.23%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Viper Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 69.09% next year. This indicates that Viper Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.18

News Sentiment

Viper Energy has a news sentiment score of 1.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.73 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Viper Energy this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

12 people have searched for VNOM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

13 people have added Viper Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 225% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Viper Energy insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.20% of the stock of Viper Energy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

87.72% of the stock of Viper Energy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 5/21 Dividend: 5/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/21 Dividend: 5/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/21/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/03/2026
• Record date for 8/20 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/20 Dividend: 8/13/2026
• Today: 8/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/20/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:VNOM
• CIK: 2074176
• Web: www.viperenergy.com
• Phone: (432) 221-7400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 711
• Year Founded: 2013

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Viper Energy: $57.07
• High Price Target: $68.00
• Low Price Target: $46.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +35.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.89
• Research Coverage: 19 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.13
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 322.06
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.54
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$68 million
• Net Margins: 2.89%
• Pretax Margin: 7.64%
• Return on Equity: 3.43%
• Return on Assets: 2.85%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.16
• Current Ratio: 6.37
• Quick Ratio: 6.37

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.40 billion
• Price / Sales: 10.81
• Cash Flow: $2.25 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.70
• Book Value: $28.64 per share
• Price / Book: 1.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 359,030,000
• Free Float: 358,308,000
• Market Cap: $15.08 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.40