Vital Energy Inc (NYSE: VTLE) is -63.91% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.30 and a high of $47.80 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The VTLE stock was last observed hovering at around $16.77 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.66%.
Currently trading at $16.11, the stock is -10.07% and -5.90% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.35 million and changing -3.94% at the moment leaves the stock -34.54% off its SMA200. VTLE registered -47.90% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -54.57%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $17.0508 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $24.73295.
The stock witnessed a -24.61% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 16.49%, and is -12.11% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 6.36% over the week and 6.12% over the month.
Vital Energy Inc (VTLE) has around 405 employees, a market worth around $624.55M and $1.98B in sales. Fwd P/E is 3.68. Profit margin for the company is -6.38%. Distance from 52-week low is 30.98% and -66.30% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-2.52%).
with sales reaching $481.08M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 8.41% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.31% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 0.99% in year-over-year returns.
318.0 institutions hold shares in Vital Energy Inc (VTLE), with institutional investors hold 101.55% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 38.70M, and float is at 29.91M with Short Float at 25.53%. Institutions hold 79.17% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 4.27 million shares valued at $191.36 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.7356 of the VTLE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 1.9 million shares valued at $84.98 million to account for 5.2118 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PICKERING ENERGY PARTNERS LP which holds 1.87 million shares representing 5.1372 and valued at over $83.77 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 4.7362 of the shares totaling 1.72 million with a market value of $77.23 million.
Vital Energy Inc (VTLE) Insider Activity
Vital Energy Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jul 09 ’25 that Campbell Richard D (10% Owner) sold a total of 250,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jul 09 ’25 and was made at $18.25 per share for $4.56 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 7.62 million shares of the VTLE stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jul 10 ’25, Campbell Richard D (10% Owner) disposed off 50,000 shares at an average price of $18.12 for $0.91 million. The insider now directly holds 7,568,933 shares of Vital Energy Inc (VTLE).
