Q2 Earnings Estimate for Viper Energy Issued By Roth Capital

Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) – Research analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Viper Energy in a report released on Thursday, January 30th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.29 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.27. The consensus estimate for Viper Energy’s current full-year earnings is $2.02 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Viper Energy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.31 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.34 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS.

VNOM has been the subject of several other reports. Raymond James reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $58.00 target price (down from $64.00) on shares of Viper Energy in a report on Tuesday. Piper Sandler lowered their target price on Viper Energy from $64.00 to $63.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. StockNews.com lowered Viper Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday. KeyCorp raised Viper Energy from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $62.00 price objective for the company in a report on Friday, December 13th. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on Viper Energy from $58.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $59.55.

Viper Energy Stock Up 1.8 %

NASDAQ:VNOM opened at $48.70 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.18 billion, a PE ratio of 20.90 and a beta of 1.71. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $50.04 and a 200-day moving average of $48.78. Viper Energy has a 52 week low of $30.56 and a 52 week high of $56.76. The company has a current ratio of 7.24, a quick ratio of 7.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25.

Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) last posted its earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $209.59 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $210.54 million. Viper Energy had a return on equity of 6.72% and a net margin of 24.65%. The business’s revenue was down 28.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.10 earnings per share.

Viper Energy Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.65 per share. This is a positive change from Viper Energy’s previous dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 6th. Viper Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 51.50%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Viper Energy

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Golden State Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Viper Energy during the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Viper Energy by 328.5% during the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 587 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 450 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in Viper Energy by 208.1% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 681 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 460 shares in the last quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Viper Energy by 43.9% during the 4th quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 701 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 214 shares in the last quarter. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI boosted its stake in Viper Energy by 524.8% during the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 1,387 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $63,000 after purchasing an additional 1,165 shares in the last quarter. 87.72% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Viper Energy

Viper Energy, Inc engages in the acquisition of oil and natural gas properties. It owns, acquires, and exploits oil and natural gas properties in North America. The company was founded on February 27, 2014 and is headquartered in Midland, TX.