Ratings Vital Energy, Inc.

Equities

VTLE

US5168062058

Market Closed - Nyse Other stock markets 04:00:02 2024-04-19 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
53.79 ^USD	+1.00%		-4.76%	+18.25%

Apr. 19	Piper Sandler Adjusts Vital Energy Price Target to $52 From $54, Maintains Neutral Rating	MT
Apr. 18	Bureau of Land Management Finalizes Public Lands Rule Over Opposition From Mining, Energy Companies	MT

Strengths

The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
The equity is one of the most attractive in the market with regard to earnings multiple-based valuation.
The company appears to be poorly valued given its net asset value.
Given the positive cash flows generated by its business, the company's valuation level is an asset.
Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
Growth remains a strong point in this company. In their sales forecast, analysts sound optimistic with regard to sales prospects.
Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.
The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
For the last few months, analysts have been revising downwards their earnings forecast.
The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.

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Sector: Oil & Gas Exploration and Production

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