Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM) Stock Analysis
Energy · Oil & Gas Midstream
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $48.90, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Geographic: Permian Basin of West Texas; Concentration risk — Customer: small number of operators.
Viper Energy, Inc. owns, acquires, and exploits oil and natural gas properties in North America. It focuses on owning and acquiring mineral and royalty interests in the Permian Basin. Viper Energy, Inc. was formerly known as Viper Energy Partners LP and changed its name to Viper... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $48.90, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Geographic: Permian Basin of West Texas; Concentration risk — Customer: small number of operators. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/7 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and earnings proximity 4d<=7d. Suitability: moderate.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHGeographicPermian Basin of West Texas10-K Item 1A: 'The producing properties in which we have mineral and royalty interests are currently geographically primarily concentrated in the Permian Basin of West Texas.'
- HIGHCustomersmall number of operators10-K Item 1A: 'We depend on a small number of operators for a substantial portion of the development and production on our mineral and royalty acreage.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-02-19Item 5.02LOWWill Krueger promoted to VP, General Counsel and Secretary of Viper Energy effective February 18, 2026, succeeding Matt Zmigrosky who stepped down to facilitate the promotion. Clean handoff.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $48.90, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Geographic: Permian Basin of West Texas; Concentration risk — Customer: small number of operators. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Target $50.61 (+3.5%), stop $46.46 (−5.3%), A.R:R 0.4:1. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $50.61 (+3.6% upside). Target $50.61 (+3.5%), stop $46.46 (−5.3%), A.R:R 0.4:1. Stop-loss: $46.46.
Concentration risk — Geographic: Permian Basin of West Texas; Concentration risk — Customer: small number of operators; Thin upside margin: 3.6%.
Viper Energy, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 20.0). TrendMatrix value score: 5.3/10. Verdict: Hold.
26 analysts cover VNOM with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $56.
What does Viper Energy, Inc. do?Viper Energy, Inc. owns, acquires, and exploits oil and natural gas properties in North America. It focuses on owning...
Viper Energy, Inc. owns, acquires, and exploits oil and natural gas properties in North America. It focuses on owning and acquiring mineral and royalty interests in the Permian Basin. Viper Energy, Inc. was formerly known as Viper Energy Partners LP and changed its name to Viper Energy, Inc. in November 2023. Viper Energy, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Midland, Texas. Viper Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc.