Piper Sandler lowered the firm’s price target on Vital Energy (VTLE) to $15 from $16 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares following Q1 2025 results that came in stronger than consensus estimates driven by lower costs. The firm updates its type curves for leading edge well performance data that incorporates longer lateral development across the company’s Permian portfolio, and struggles to see half-cycle break-evens for the bulk of the portfolio much below $70/bbl WTI.
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