Vital Energy
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
1.451.601.751.80
Price/Sales ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/A
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$10.05$9.08$8.31$8.08

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
5.50-0.71-6.224.822.59-1.93-0.265.901.351.32N/A0.32
Price/Sales ratio
1.842.625.323.220.760.790.330.610.440.59N/A0.77
Price/Book Value ratio
0.9312.1017.603.460.710.78-10.711.660.770.33N/A0.75
Price/Cash Flow ratio
2.935.038.926.881.561.390.591.721.031.13N/A1.48
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-1.71-5.02-22.39-14.55-5.02-3.42-31.99-1.233.52-1.37N/A-4.22
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.040.000.07-0.02-0.060.00-0.00-0.050.00-0.14N/A-0.02
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
42.59%0.37%28.34%42.68%41.67%37.37%21.61%54.02%62.58%73.33%N/A39.52%
Operating Profit Margin
28.51%-14.09%13.72%80.70%31.51%27.72%6.05%51.67%55.19%36.16%N/A29.61%
Pretax Profit Margin
54.14%-393.45%-43.64%66.99%29.73%-41.21%-129.67%10.66%33.16%33.06%N/A-5.73%
Net Profit Margin
33.45%-364.29%-85.40%66.77%29.35%-40.90%-129.08%10.40%32.87%44.91%N/A-5.77%
Effective Tax Rate
38.21%7.41%-95.67%0.32%1.29%0.75%0.44%2.45%0.86%-35.82%N/A1.02%
Return on Assets
6.75%-121.87%-28.62%27.13%13.41%-15.12%-60.59%5.68%23.16%13.49%N/A-0.85%
Return On Equity
16.98%-1681.23%-282.54%71.70%27.64%-40.67%4076.72%28.22%56.85%24.95%N/A-6.51%
Return on Capital Employed
6.45%-5.35%5.14%38.00%15.69%11.08%3.29%35.57%45.87%12.28%N/A13.39%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Quick Ratio
0.400.480.780.810.760.860.670.420.570.59N/A0.81
Cash ratio
0.060.140.170.400.220.230.240.100.100.02N/A0.23
Days of Sales Outstanding
58.3535.3346.3144.6831.1337.1534.4839.7431.0456.31N/A34.14
Days of Inventory outstanding
155.84136.656.877.0822.5436.142.195.783.0812.13N/A29.34
Operating Cycle
214.20171.9953.1951.7653.6773.2936.6845.5334.1268.45N/A63.48
Days of Payables Outstanding
31.2315.9227.5145.1839.3328.2026.3240.6546.22141.40N/A33.76
Cash Conversion Cycle
182.96156.0625.686.5714.3445.0910.354.87-12.09-72.95N/A29.71
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.450.780.750.390.400.520.820.560.410.32N/A0.46
Debt Equity Ratio
1.1510.777.491.030.831.40-55.542.791.010.60N/A1.12
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.530.910.880.500.450.581.010.730.500.36N/A0.51
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.530.910.880.500.450.581.010.730.500.37N/A0.52
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.270.220.260.480.540.400.320.340.730.48N/A0.47
Company Equity Multiplier
2.5113.799.872.642.062.68-67.274.962.451.84N/A2.37
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.620.520.590.460.480.560.560.350.430.52N/A0.52
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
-1.71-1.00-0.39-0.47-0.31-0.40-0.01-1.390.29-0.82N/A-0.35
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.270.220.260.480.540.400.320.340.730.48N/A0.47
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A33.8332.7064.1553.7011.50N/A16.91
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A