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Vital Energy, Inc.

VTLE

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19
Revenue$1.95B$1.55B$1.92B$1.39B$677.2M$837.3M
Operating income−$22.6M$559.6M$1.06B$713.0M−$862.0M−$408.6M
Net income−$173.5M$695.1M$631.5M$145.0M−$874.2M−$342.5M
Total assets$5.88B$5.15B$2.73B$2.55B$1.44B$2.26B
Total liabilities$3.18B$2.36B$1.62B$2.04B$1.46B$1.42B
Equity$2.70B$2.79B$1.11B$513.8M−$21.4M$841.9M
EPS (diluted)$-4.74$33.44$37.44$10.03$-74.92$-29.61
Shares out.36.7M17.1M17.3M12.0M237.2M233.9M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2024
Operating margin
−1.2%
Net margin
−8.9%
Return on equity
−6.4%
Return on assets
−3.0%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−0.4%
Liabilities / assets
54.1%
Debt / equity
1.18×
Book value / share
$73.63
Revenue growth (YoY)
26.2%
Net income growth (YoY)
−125.0%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2024
Altman Z″ (distress)
0.09distress
Accruals / assets
20.0%clean
Piotroski F-Score
4/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
47
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 50Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

2 severe2 warning3 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
12 acquisitions0 disposalsnet +215,579 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Pigott M. JasonOfficer — President &amp; CEODec 15, 2025Option exercise45,812
Hawes Frances PowellDirectorDec 15, 2025Option exercise15,414
Lemmerman BryanOfficer — EVP &amp; CFODec 15, 2025Option exercise19,241
Segner Edmund P IiiDirectorDec 15, 2025Option exercise18,814
Faulkner Stephen L JrOfficer — VP &amp; CAODec 15, 2025Option exercise1,516
Hill Kathryn AnneOfficer — SVP &amp; Chief Operating OfficerDec 15, 2025Option exercise17,305
Kuran Shihab A.DirectorDec 15, 2025Option exercise11,317
Denny Mark DavidOfficer — EVP, Gen. Counsel &amp; SecretaryDec 15, 2025Option exercise10,078
Lancaster Lori ADirectorDec 15, 2025Option exercise18,814
Albrecht William EDirectorDec 15, 2025Option exercise22,972
Driver JohnDirectorDec 15, 2025Option exercise15,482
Jarchow CraigDirectorDec 15, 2025Option exercise18,814

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
Dec 15, 20251,3001.0-100.0%
Nov 28, 20255.6M11.4+1.8%
Nov 14, 20255.5M9.0-7.0%
Oct 31, 20255.9M11.4+0.1%
Oct 15, 20255.9M8.8+2.8%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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