profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Viper Energy
$42.34+3.57% today
+14.0% in 1 year
1-year low $35.841-year high $50.95
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Viper Energy sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $866 million in 2022 to $1.39 billion in 2025, with -$68.0 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Viper Energy vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viper Energy | No profit yet | ||
 Enbridge | 20.2× · Fair price | ||
 The Williams Companies | 33.0× · Expensive | ||
 Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | 14.2× · Cheap | ||
 Kinder Morgan | 23.3× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Viper Energy's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 866 | 827 | 860 | 1,394 | |
| 688 | 631 | 585 | 693 | |
| 680 | 620 | 567 | 628 | |
| 783 | 741 | 792 | 485 | |
| 152 | 200 | 359 | -68 | |
| 2.00 | 2.69 | 3.82 | -0.48 | |
| 79.5% | 76.3% | 68.0% | 49.7% | |
| 78.6% | 75.0% | 65.9% | 45.1% | |
| 17.5% | 24.2% | 41.7% | -4.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,920 | 3,974 | 5,069 | 12,671 |
| Cash | 18 | 26 | 27 | 13 |
| Total debt | 577 | 1,083 | 1,083 | 2,186 |
| Total liabilities | 599 | 1,117 | 1,162 | 2,308 |
| 0 | 1,014 | 1,687 | 4,448 | |
| 76 | 74 | 94 | 143 | |
| 90.7% | 22.4% | 16.5% | -1.5% | |
| – | 19.7% | 21.3% | -1.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 | 638 | 620 | 1,053 | |
| 64 | 908 | 696 | 2,424 | |
| 636 | -270 | -76 | -1,371 | |
| Dividends paid | 417 | 325 | 474 | 689 |
| 151 | 95 | 0 | 194 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- –
- 18.1×
- –
- 1.7×
- 15.9×
- –
- 50.1×
- -6.2%
- -0.3%
- 3.7%
Profitability
- 49.7%
- 45.1%
- -4.9%
- 65.1%
- 5.3%
- 7.4%
- -1.0%
- -0.4%
- 5.7%
- –
Growth
- +17.2%
- –
- −1,689.0%
- +27.9%
- +20.2%
Financial health
- 1.5×
- 0.31
- 13.3%
- 6.3×
- 6.17
- 6.17
- 0.13
How it ranks in Energy
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 34%of 467
Top 6%of 466
Top 16%of 461
Bottom 12%of 460
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $54.20
- Range
- $49.00 – $60.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | 0.55 | 0.43 | +27.9% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 0.31 | 0.29 | +6.7% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 0.41 | 0.34 | +20.6% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.29 | – | – |
| May 5, 2025 | 0.54 | 0.45 | +20.0% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | 0.42 | 0.41 | +2.4% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 0.49 | 0.47 | +4.3% |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 0.61 | 0.56 | +8.9% |
3.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$37a year at today's yield, before tax
+27.9%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.86 in 2015 → $2.33 in 2025
How safe it looks
-745.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
Viper Energy (VNOM): 3 reasons we love this stockYahoo Finance · Oct 24, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
38No pass
Benjamin Graham
57No pass
Philip Fisher
49No pass
Peter Lynch
57No pass
Joel Greenblatt
2No pass
Charlie Munger
38No pass
Terry Smith
44No pass
Questions about Viper Energy
Is Viper Energy a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Viper Energy AI analysis
What does Viper Energy do?
Viper Energy Partners LP owns, acquires, and exploits oil and natural gas properties in North America. It is in Oil & Gas Midstream, based in Midland, TX, United States.
Does Viper Energy pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.7% a year. In 2025 it paid out $689 million in dividends.
Is Viper Energy stock halal?
Yes. Viper Energy passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 10% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Viper Energy stock done over the past year?
Up 14.0% over the past twelve months, to $42.34. It traded between $35.84 and $50.95 and is 16.9% below its high.
Who are Viper Energy's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Enbridge, The Williams Companies, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Kinder Morgan. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Viper Energy's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.