Viper Energy Partners - VNOM Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Viper Energy Partners in the last twelve months. There are currently 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" VNOM shares.
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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Viper Energy Partners' shares. Their VNOM share price forecasts range from $31.00 to $40.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $37.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.7% from the stock's current price.
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Viper Energy Partners' stock was trading at $31.79 at the start of the year. Since then, VNOM shares have decreased by 11.4% and is now trading at $28.16.
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Viper Energy Partners saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,230,000 shares, an increase of 23.9% from the February 28th total of 992,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 397,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 1st 2023.
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Viper Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ:VNOM) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 21st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.01. The oil and gas producer earned $203.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $181.99 million. Viper Energy Partners had a net margin of 17.50% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.38%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 22.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.36 earnings per share.

Viper Energy Partners declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.49 per share on Friday, March 10th. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.96%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 2nd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Viper Energy Partners (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), First Trust Multi-Manager Small Cap Opportunities ETF (MMSC), Virtus Real Asset Income ETF (VRAI), First Trust Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund (MDIV), Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSMD) and First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF (FTLS).

Viper Energy Partners (NASDAQ:VNOM) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.74%. The dividend payout ratio is 49.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VNOM will have a dividend payout ratio of 60.61% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Viper Energy Partners 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 Partners trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VNOM."

Viper Energy Partners' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Eagle Asset Management Inc. (1.58%), Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC (1.30%), Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC (1.30%), Fred Alger Management LLC (1.23%), Boston Partners (1.15%) and Cardinal Capital Management LLC CT (0.98%). Insiders that own company stock include Bx Guidon Topco Llc, Frank C Hu, Hof Matthew Kaes Van't, Holdings LP Blackstone III, Matt Zmigrosky, 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VNOM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.16.

Viper Energy Partners (NASDAQ:VNOM) has a market capitalization of $4.60 billion and generates $866.47 million in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $151.67 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.01 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,020 workers across the globe.

Viper Energy Partners' mailing address is 500 WEST TEXAS SUITE 1200, MIDLAND TX, 79701. The official website for the company is www.viperenergy.com. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at (432) 221-7400 or via email at ir@viperenergy.com.