Vital Energy Inc’s recently made public that its 10% Owner Campbell Richard D acquired Company’s shares for reported $88750.0 on Apr 03 ’25. In the deal valued at $17.75 per share,5,000 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Campbell Richard D now holds 43,072 shares worth roughly $0.67 million.
Then, Denny Mark David sold 5,974 shares, generating $123,841 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $20.73, the EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary now owns 42,494 shares.
Before that, Lemmerman Bryan sold 10,000 shares. Vital Energy Inc shares valued at $207,300 were divested by the EVP & CFO at a price of $20.73 per share. As a result of the transaction, Lemmerman Bryan now holds 97,556 shares, worth roughly $1.52 million.
Citigroup downgraded its Vital Energy Inc [VTLE] rating to a Neutral from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Siebert Williams Shank’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early March from “a Buy” to “a Hold”. Wolfe Research also remained covering VTLE and has increased its forecast on January 03, 2025 with a “Peer perform” recommendation from previously “an Underperform” rating. KeyBanc Capital Markets revised its rating on August 16, 2024. It rated VTLE as “a Sector weight” which previously was an “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of VTLE
On Tuesday, Vital Energy Inc [NYSE:VTLE] saw its stock fall -3.22% to $15.61. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.45%. Vital Energy Inc shares have fallen nearly -49.51% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -71.44% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $55.87 was reached on 01/16/25, a 52-week low of $12.30 was recorded on 04/09/25. SMA at 50 days reached $20.63, while 200 days put it at $29.77.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For VTLE Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 15.38, which if violated will result in even more drops to 15.15. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 15.92. A further resistance level may holdings at 16.23. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 42.30, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 1.00, which suggests price will go up in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bullish at 18.07%. Stochastics %K at 88.24% indicates the stock is a selling.
How much short interest is there in Vital Energy Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Vital Energy Inc stocks on 2025-04-15, dropping by -0.15 million shares to a total of 5.49 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-03-14 was 5.64 million shares. There was a decline of -2.76%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on July 18, 2024 when Wolfe Research began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Underperform”‘ rating along with a $50 price target.
