Stock Traders Buy High Volume of Put Options on Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST)

Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:VIST) saw unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Stock investors acquired 10,569 put options on the stock. This is an increase of 527% compared to the average volume of 1,686 put options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vista Energy

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in Vista Energy by 795.0% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,284,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $123,604,000 after buying an additional 2,029,081 shares during the last quarter. Discovery Capital Management LLC CT grew its stake in shares of Vista Energy by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Discovery Capital Management LLC CT now owns 1,320,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $71,456,000 after acquiring an additional 61,800 shares during the last quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC raised its position in shares of Vista Energy by 6.2% in the 4th quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC now owns 1,234,108 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,778,000 after purchasing an additional 72,500 shares during the last quarter. Driehaus Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Vista Energy by 10.9% in the 4th quarter. Driehaus Capital Management LLC now owns 1,185,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,157,000 after purchasing an additional 116,920 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its stake in Vista Energy by 2,843.7% in the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,150,422 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,565,000 after purchasing an additional 1,111,341 shares in the last quarter. 63.81% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on Vista Energy in a research note on Friday, February 21st. They set a “buy” rating and a $65.40 target price on the stock. Pickering Energy Partners initiated coverage on Vista Energy in a research note on Monday, April 7th. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of Vista Energy from $64.00 to $57.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 16th. Finally, Citigroup raised shares of Vista Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $66.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $65.68.

Vista Energy Stock Up 3.9%

Shares of NYSE VIST opened at $51.24 on Wednesday. Vista Energy has a 12-month low of $32.11 and a 12-month high of $61.67. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $46.14 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $50.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.88 billion, a PE ratio of 9.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a current ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.82 by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $420.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $472.61 million. Vista Energy had a net margin of 34.78% and a return on equity of 30.06%. As a group, analysts expect that Vista Energy will post 5.74 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Vista Energy

Vista Energy, SAB. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas in Latin America. The company's principal assets located in Neuquina basin, Argentina and Vaca Muerta. It owns producing assets in Argentina and Mexico. In addition, the company involved in drilling and workover activities located in Argentina.