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Company snapshot — Viper Energy Ut

VNOM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Viper Energy owns and acquires mineral and royalty interests in oil and gas properties concentrated in the Permian Basin of West Texas. It does not drill or operate wells itself; it collects a share of production revenue from operators that do. The company is based in Midland, Texas, and operates as a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy.
Where it sits in the stack
Viper Energy carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks; it belongs to the Energy sector of our wider universe, grouped with other US energy names for scoring purposes.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with scored Energy names from the United States, including Permian Resources, Cenovus Energy, BP and Petrobras, reflecting shared sector and country rather than shared business model. The market also compares it with Texas Pacific Land, another Permian-focused mineral and royalty owner.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no Rubin or Halo seat and has not been quoted in the diary's editions. It does carry a Closelook score, a composite drawn from several modules; quality is its strongest module and momentum its weakest, though the figures themselves move nightly.
What the diary watches
Whether royalty volumes from Permian operators hold up as those companies adjust drilling activity, since Viper's income depends entirely on production it does not control.

Viper Energy Ut (VNOM) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelook company score reads 55/100 composite (momentum 39, quality 51, valuation 43) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for VNOM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Midstream · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Midstream · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against VNOM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.80%, quarterly · buybacks 194 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What VNOM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.45 USD per share · a 5.80% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +40.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.75 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.67 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-13
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.33 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.87 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-06
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 328 m USD 121% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 194 m USD 1.2% of today's market value
  • Share count +51.7% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 522 m USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Energy in US: −1.3% week · +1.1% month · +20.5% quarter · +16.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Viper Energy Ut (VNOM)?

Viper Energy Ut trades as VNOM on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is VNOM in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Viper Energy Ut is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Viper Energy Ut's Closelook composite score?

55 out of 100, with momentum 39, quality 51 and valuation 43 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does VNOM trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -2.7% vs the 50-day and -0.8% vs the 200-day average, 14.8% below the 52-week high and +25.6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Viper Energy Ut do?

Viper Energy owns and acquires mineral and royalty interests in oil and gas properties concentrated in the Permian Basin of West Texas. It does not drill or operate wells itself; it collects a share of production revenue from operators that do. The company is based in Midland, Texas, and operates as a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy. Closelook's peer group places it with scored Energy names from the United States, including Permian Resources, Cenovus Energy, BP and Petrobras, reflecting shared sector and country rather than shared business model. The market also compares it with Texas Pacific Land, another Permian-focused mineral and royalty owner.

Where does Viper Energy Ut sit in the AI build-out?

Viper Energy carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks; it belongs to the Energy sector of our wider universe, grouped with other US energy names for scoring purposes. It holds no Rubin or Halo seat and has not been quoted in the diary's editions. It does carry a Closelook score, a composite drawn from several modules; quality is its strongest module and momentum its weakest, though the figures themselves move nightly.

Does Viper Energy Ut pay a dividend?

Viper Energy Ut has paid 2.45 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 5.80% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.67 USD on 2026-08-13. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 328 m USD in dividends and bought back 194 m USD of its own shares. The share count rose 51.7% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VNOM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas Midstream, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.