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VNOMViper Energy, Inc.Buy Wait6.6·$44.25-1.43%

Viper Energy (VNOM) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage

MISS-8.7% vs estimateEPS $0.76 vs $0.83 estVerdict Buy (Wait)Hold

Reported

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Event detail · Q2 2026

Key numbers

Reported EPS
$0.76
Estimate
$0.83
Surprise
-8.7%
Score at report (before → after)
5.86.0/10

Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.

Report record · Q2 2026

How the report landed

Viper Energy (VNOM) missed the $0.83 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.76 — a clear 8.7% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.8/10) to Hold at 6.0/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.

Current read · as of 2026-09-05

Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now

TrendMatrix currently rates VNOM Buy (Wait) at 6.6/10.

2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -8.7% surprise compares with a -0.2% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-02.

What supports the rating

  • Sector modifier (Energy): +1.2
  • Positive news sentiment (+0.67)

What argues against it

  • Concentration risk — Geographic: Permian Basin
  • Concentration risk — Geographic: Wolfberry resource play in the Midland Basin
  • News modifier +1: HOLD_IF_HOLDING → STRONG_BUY_WAIT

This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.

Current engine read

The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks

Current price
$44.25
Entry target
$44.21
Price target
$50.18
Stop
$42.51
Upside to target
+13.4%
Reward-to-risk
1.6:1

Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-05 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.

Energy context

VNOM at TrendMatrix's latest read

Energy results are commodity-price arithmetic first; the operational beat or miss is read net of what the strip already told the market.

Industry
Oil & Gas Midstream
Market cap
$23.26B
P/E (fwd)
17.9
52-week range
$35.10$51.13
Off 52-week high
13.5%
RSI (14)
60
Volume vs avg
0.59×
Score today
6.6/10

Earnings figures are sourced from TrendMatrix’s pipeline (EPS: existing earnings extraction; revenue: SEC XBRL company facts where available, yfinance-provisional otherwise). Not a buy/sell rating, a price target, or investment advice — see the current verdict on the stock’s main page for TrendMatrix’s live read.

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