Capital World Investors Has $498.97 Million Position in Viper Energy Inc. $VNOM

Capital World Investors raised its stake in shares of Viper Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) by 4.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 12,916,557 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock after buying an additional 493,203 shares during the quarter. Capital World Investors’ holdings in Viper Energy were worth $498,967,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Viper Energy during the 3rd quarter worth about $9,853,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Viper Energy by 26.1% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 374,739 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $14,323,000 after purchasing an additional 77,519 shares in the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Viper Energy by 58.7% during the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 198,093 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $7,571,000 after purchasing an additional 73,303 shares in the last quarter. Bornite Capital Management LP bought a new position in shares of Viper Energy during the 3rd quarter valued at about $38,220,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Viper Energy by 40.9% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 428,168 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $16,365,000 after purchasing an additional 124,259 shares in the last quarter. 87.72% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on VNOM shares. Mizuho lifted their price objective on Viper Energy from $54.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on Viper Energy from $44.00 to $49.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, March 27th. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on Viper Energy from $56.00 to $65.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 2nd. Roth Mkm reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $54.00 price objective on shares of Viper Energy in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Viper Energy from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Viper Energy has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $58.38.

Key Headlines Impacting Viper Energy

Here are the key news stories impacting Viper Energy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: KeyBanc reiterated its Buy rating on Viper Energy, reinforcing a constructive outlook for the stock. KeyBanc Sticks to Their Buy Rating for Viper Energy (VNOM)
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst consensus remains favorable, with Viper Energy receiving an average Buy rating from analysts, which suggests continued confidence in the company’s outlook. Viper Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) Receives Average Rating of “Buy” from Analysts
• Positive Sentiment: KeyCorp raised several near-term earnings estimates for Viper Energy and maintained an Overweight rating with a $65 price target, signaling expectations for stronger profitability ahead.
• Neutral Sentiment: A separate analyst note trimmed some later-period estimates, including Q2 2027 and FY2027 EPS, even though the firm still kept a bullish stance on the stock.
• Neutral Sentiment: Viper Energy was mentioned in a general dividend-stock roundup, but the article was not specifically focused on VNOM and did not provide company-specific news.

Viper Energy Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VNOM opened at $45.46 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.32 billion, a PE ratio of -142.06 and a beta of 0.38. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $46.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $43.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 6.17 and a quick ratio of 6.17. Viper Energy Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $35.10 and a fifty-two week high of $51.13.

Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) last released its earnings results on Monday, May 4th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $511.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $499.82 million. Viper Energy had a positive return on equity of 2.64% and a negative net margin of 2.77%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 108.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.54 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Viper Energy Inc. will post 2.5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Viper Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 21st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 14th were paid a $0.38 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 14th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.3%. Viper Energy’s payout ratio is presently -475.00%.

Viper Energy Company Profile

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.