Vital Energy, Inc. (VTLE)

Vital Energy Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 9 analysts that cover Vital Energy stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $25.22, which forecasts a 53.97% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $16 and the highest is $47.

Price Target: $25.22 (+53.97%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$16	$25.22	$22	$47
Change	-2.32%	+53.97%	+34.31%	+186.94%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Vital Energy stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25
Strong Buy	2	1	1	1	1	1
Buy	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hold	6	7	7	7	7	7
Sell	2	2	3	3	3	3
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	11	11	11	11	11	11

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Nitin Kumar Mizuho	Mizuho	Hold Maintains $22 → $19	Hold	Maintains	$22 → $19	+16.00%	Sep 15, 2025
Derrick Whitfield Texas Capital Securities	Texas Capital Securities	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades $52 → $18	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$52 → $18	+9.89%	Aug 29, 2025
Mark Lear Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $17 → $16	Hold	Maintains	$17 → $16	-2.32%	Aug 14, 2025
Mark Lear Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $15 → $17	Hold	Maintains	$15 → $17	+3.79%	Jul 17, 2025
Hanwen Chang Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $21 → $22	Hold	Maintains	$21 → $22	+34.31%	Jul 15, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.98B

Increased by 1.16%

from 1.95B

Revenue Next Year

1.89B

Decreased by -4.46%

from 1.98B

EPS This Year

7.86

from -4.74

EPS Next Year

4.54

Decreased by -42.25%

from 7.86

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	677.19M	1.39B	1.92B	1.55B	1.95B	1.98B	1.89B
Revenue Growth	-19.12%	105.86%	37.78%	-19.43%	26.15%	1.16%	-4.46%
EPS	-74.92	10.03	37.44	33.44	-4.74	7.86	4.54
EPS Growth	-	-	273.28%	-10.67%	-	-	-42.25%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	2.08	3.61
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	14	14

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	2.2B	2.2B
Avg	2.0B	1.9B
Low	1.8B	1.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	13.2%	11.8%
Avg	1.2%	-4.5%
Low	-8.3%	-17.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	9.71	10.31
Avg	7.86	4.54
Low	4.79	0.63

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	-	31.2%
Avg	-	-42.2%
Low	-	-92.0%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.