Viper Energy (VNOM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

7 Wall Street 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 analysts is that investors should "buy" VNOM shares.
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7 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Viper Energy's stock. Their VNOM share price targets range from $33.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $39.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price.
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Viper Energy's stock was trading at $31.38 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VNOM shares have increased by 24.0% and is now trading at $38.92.
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Viper Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,480,000 shares, an increase of 68.9% from the March 15th total of 2,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 996,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 30th 2024.
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Viper Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 1st at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 20th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.20. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $204.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $204.61 million. Viper Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.29% and a net margin of 24.17%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.28 earnings per share.

Viper Energy declared a None dividend on Tuesday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.56 per share on Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a yield of 3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 4th. This is an increase from the stock's previous None dividend of $0.09.
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Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.70%. The dividend payout ratio is 40.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VNOM will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.75% 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), Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV), Amplify Natural Resources Dividend Income ETF (NDIV), Virtus Real Asset Income ETF (VRAI), First Trust Multi-Manager Small Cap Opportunities ETF (MMSC), Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund (MDIV), WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund (DES) and Strive U.S. Energy ETF (DRLL).

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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include True North Advisors LLC (0.01%), Cannon Global Investment Management LLC (0.01%) and Sunbelt Securities Inc. (0.00%). 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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Shares of VNOM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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