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Vital Energy (VTLE) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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VTLE Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 5/16/25 to 5/16/26	1 Month Ago 4/16/25 to 4/16/26	3 Months Ago 2/15/25 to 2/15/26	1 Year Ago 5/16/24 to 5/16/25
Strong Buy	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)
Hold	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)
Sell	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Sell rating(s)	3 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$21.33	$21.33	$27.22	$30.36
Forecasted Upside	17.79% Upside	17.79% Upside	50.31% Upside	84.93% Upside
Consensus Rating	Reduce	Reduce	Reduce	Reduce

VTLE Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

VTLE Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Vital Energy Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Vital Energy	Energy Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	1.71	2.41	2.52
Consensus Rating	Reduce	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	17.79% Upside	36.54% Upside	17.88% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Neutral News See Recent VTLE News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
12/12/2025	Mizuho 4 of 5 stars	Nitin Kumar 5 of 5 stars	Set Target		$23.00	+27.12%
11/18/2025	Piper Sandler 2 of 5 stars	Mark Lear 4 of 5 stars	Lower Target	Neutral	$30.00 ➝ $25.00	+47.93%
11/17/2025	Citigroup 4 of 5 stars		Reiterated Rating	Neutral
10/17/2025	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Hanwen Chang Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$22.00 ➝ $16.00	+0.88%
10/13/2025	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
10/8/2025	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Sell (D)
6/24/2025	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	John Freeman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Underperform
4/1/2025	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Noah Hungness Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Underperform	$33.00 ➝ $27.00	+33.22%
3/13/2025	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Zach Parham Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Underweight	$34.00 ➝ $23.00	+13.24%
3/5/2025	Williams Trading Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$27.00	+31.34%
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3/5/2025	Siebert Williams Shank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	G. Sorbara Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$62.00 ➝ $27.00	+17.01%
2/21/2025	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Neal Dingmann Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$49.00 ➝ $47.00	+60.38%
1/3/2025	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	J. Abbott Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Peer Perform
10/4/2024	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Phillip Jungwirth Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Market Perform	$48.00 ➝ $40.00	+30.17%
8/16/2024	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Sector Weight

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VTLE Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 7 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Vital Energy is $21.33, with a high forecast of $25.00 and a low forecast of $16.00.

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vital Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 5 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "reduce" VTLE shares.

According to analysts, Vital Energy's stock has a predicted upside of 17.79% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Analysts like Vital Energy less than other "energy" companies. The consensus rating for Vital Energy is Reduce while the average consensus rating for "energy" companies is Hold. Learn more on how VTLE compares to other companies.

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This page (NYSE:VTLE) was last updated on 5/16/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.

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