Ratings Vital Energy, Inc.

Equities

VTLE

US5168062058

Market Closed - Nyse Other stock markets 04:00:02 2024-04-26 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
55.18 ^USD	+0.97%		+2.58%	+21.30%

Apr. 23	Stifel Adjusts Price Target on Vital Energy to $75 From $70, Maintains Buy Rating	MT
Apr. 22	KeyBanc Adjusts Price Target on Vital Energy to $63 From $55, Maintains Overweight Rating	MT

Strengths

Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
Its low valuation, with P/E ratio at 6.2 and 5.62 for the ongoing fiscal year and 2025 respectively, makes the stock pretty attractive with regard to earnings multiples.
The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
The company has a low valuation given the cash flows generated by its activity.
Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
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.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.

Weaknesses

According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.
The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
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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