VTS

Vitesse Energy, Inc.

NYSE · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Inc. DE · CIK 0001944558
$17.15 +2.02% $715.4M
Insider Selling Cluster (3 insiders)14 New Institutional Positions5 Institutional Exits
Vol
Market Cap$715.4M
Cap SizeSmall Cap
Inst. Holders50 funds
Inst. Value$229.5M
Inst. Activity14 buys / 5 sells
Insider Activity4B / 5S
Insider Net $-$1.2M
SEC Reports14
Exchange NYSE·Sector Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas·Inc. DE·CIK 0001944558·Prev Close $16.81

Recent Activity

Jun 10, 2026 SEC
Former director Michael Chernoff filed a Form 144 notice of intent to sell 70,262 shares of Vitesse Energy common stock
144 — Impact 6/10
Jun 5, 2026 Insider
O Leary Dan was granted 7,066 shares
Director
Jun 5, 2026 Insider
Adamany Linda was granted 7,066 shares
Director
Jun 5, 2026 Insider
STEIN RANDY I was granted 7,066 shares
Director
Jun 2, 2026 SEC
Former director Michael Bruce Chernoff filed a Form 144 on June 2, 2026, indicating intent to sell 13,468 shares of Vite
144 — Impact 5/10
May 28, 2026 SEC
Former director Michael Bruce Chernoff filed a Form 144 on May 28, 2026, indicating intent to sell 100,000 shares of Vit
144 — Impact 5/10
Inst.
STATE STREET CORP — ADD
1,442,606 shares ($26.2M)
Inst.
MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS — ADD
692,815 shares ($12.6M)

Price Targets

Historical data — last covering-analyst action Oct 2025. No current recommendation available.
$23.75 (Oct 2025)
Current $17.15 Low $20.00 Median $23.50 High $28.00 4 analysts
$20.00 $28.00

Analyst Ratings

Historical distribution63% buy · 8 analysts · last covering-analyst action Oct 2025
2Strong Buy
3Buy
3Hold
0Sell
0Strong Sell
Historical Analyst Actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 6, 2025 Evercore ISI Group MAINTAIN In-Line → In-Line
Apr 2, 2025 Roth MKM MAINTAIN Buy → Buy
Jan 16, 2025 Northland Capital Markets MAINTAIN Outperform → Outperform
Dec 18, 2024 Alliance Global Partners UPGRADE Neutral → Buy
Dec 17, 2024 Alliance Global Partners UPGRADE Neutral → Buy

Earnings Estimates

PeriodEPS Est.RangeGrowth#
Next Q $0.06 ▲ +50.0% $0.06 — $0.06 1
Current FY $0.21 ▼ -38.2% $0.21 — $0.21 -73% YoY 1
Next FY $0.97 ▲ +5.4% $0.97 — $0.97 362% YoY 1

Top Institutional Holders

FundValueMove
BlackRock, Inc.$41.4M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC$29.1M
STATE STREET CORP$26.2MADD
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP$25.6M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$22.8M

Recent Insider Trades

DateInsiderTypeValue
Jun 5, 2026O LearyA$0.00
Jun 5, 2026Adamany LindaA$0.00
Jun 5, 2026STEIN RANDYA$0.00
Jun 5, 2026Osborn CathleenA$0.00
Jun 5, 2026FRIEDMAN BRIANA$0.00
50 institutional holders with $229.5M total value (12,634,519 shares) as of 2026-Q1. Top holders: BlackRock,, VANGUARD, STATE. Net buying activity: 14 institutions added/increased vs 5 reduced.

Top Institutional Holders — 2026-Q1

#FundSharesValue% of TrackedLast Move
1BlackRock, Inc.2,278,997$41.4M18.0%
2VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC1,599,970$29.1M12.7%
3STATE STREET CORP1,442,606$26.2M11.4%ADD +42.0%
4DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1,412,165$25.6M11.2%
5VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC1,257,792$22.8M10.0%
6MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.692,815$12.6M5.5%ADD +62.6%
7AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC481,543$8.7M3.8%
8MORGAN STANLEY383,009$7.0M3.0%
9FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP337,885$6.1M2.7%ADD +33.9%
10GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC319,310$5.8M2.5%
11GABELLI FUNDS LLC274,804$5.0M2.2%ADD +58.6%
12CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC233,598$4.2M1.8%
13VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO182,097$3.3M1.4%
14SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP165,400$3.0M1.3%
15BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/140,256$2.5M1.1%DOUBLED +162.3%
16SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP90,288$1.6M0.7%
17TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL86,801$1.6M0.7%
18MARSHALL WACE, LLP75,614$1.4M0.6%DOUBLED +443.2%
19Trexquant Investment LP75,159$1.4M0.6%ADD +28.2%
20Invesco Ltd.70,657$1.3M0.6%TRIM -53.4%

Recent Position Changes

FundActionPrev SharesCurr SharesChange %ValueQuarter
STATE STREET CORPADD1,015,9711,442,606+42.0%$26.2M2026-Q1
MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.ADD426,075692,815+62.6%$12.6M2026-Q1
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LPADD252,248337,885+33.9%$6.1M2026-Q1
GABELLI FUNDS LLCADD173,298274,804+58.6%$5.0M2026-Q1
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/DOUBLED53,479140,256+162.3%$2.5M2026-Q1
MARSHALL WACE, LLPDOUBLED13,92175,614+443.2%$1.4M2026-Q1
Trexquant Investment LPADD58,61875,159+28.2%$1.4M2026-Q1
Rafferty Asset Management, LLCADD34,99763,106+80.3%$1.1M2026-Q1
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.ADD42,40059,531+40.4%$1.1M2026-Q1
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.ADD29,91139,749+32.9%$721.8K2026-Q1
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LPTRIM98,24632,908-66.5%$597.6K2026-Q1
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INCADD18,16031,955+76.0%$580.3K2026-Q1
NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLCDOUBLED7,99722,410+180.2%$407.0K2026-Q1
Legal & General Group PlcTRIM29,38721,466-27.0%$389.8K2026-Q1
PEAK6 LLCADD7,2789,710+33.4%$176.3K2026-Q1
LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLCNEAR_EXIT39,4457,140-81.9%$129.7K2026-Q1
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.TRIM4,1122,727-33.7%$49.5K2026-Q1
CWM, LLCTRIM1,209529-56.2%$9.6K2026-Q1
FIFTH THIRD BANCORPDOUBLED85445+423.5%$8.1K2026-Q1
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LPADD136,002252,248+85.5%$4.9M2025-Q4
GABELLI FUNDS LLCADD91,978173,298+88.4%$3.3M2025-Q4
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLCDOUBLED24,600168,500+585.0%$3.2M2025-Q4
Invesco Ltd.TRIM139,39864,902-53.4%$1.3M2025-Q4
Trexquant Investment LPDOUBLED12,26558,618+377.9%$1.1M2025-Q4
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/TRIM111,87453,479-52.2%$1.0M2025-Q4
10 unique insiders with 18 transactions. Net insider value: -$1.2M ($1.4M bought, $2.6M sold).

Insider Transactions

DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesPriceValue
Jun 5, 2026O Leary DanDirectorAWARD7,066
Jun 5, 2026Adamany LindaDirectorAWARD7,066
Jun 5, 2026STEIN RANDY IDirectorAWARD7,066
Jun 5, 2026Osborn Cathleen MDirectorAWARD7,066
Jun 5, 2026FRIEDMAN BRIAN PDirectorAWARD7,066
Jun 5, 2026STEINBERG JOSEPH SDirectorAWARD7,066
May 28, 2026STEINBERG JOSEPH SDirectorBUY59,118$17.00$1.0M
May 1, 2026BENARD JAMIE BRETTCEO & PRESIDENTAWARD87,576
May 1, 2026Henderson James PChief Financial OfficerAWARD26,273
Mar 31, 2026O Leary DanDirectorBUY10,000$18.56$185.6K
Mar 31, 2026Henderson James PChief Financial OfficerBUY5,000$18.67$93.4K
Mar 31, 2026Cree BrianPresident & Interim CEOSELL50,000$18.51$925.5K
Mar 30, 2026Henderson James PChief Financial OfficerBUY5,000$18.71$93.5K
Mar 30, 2026Cree BrianPresident & Interim CEOSELL70,142$18.65$1.3M
Mar 26, 2026Cree BrianPresident & Interim CEOAWARD54,166
Feb 24, 2026Gerrity Robert WChief Executive OfficerSELL9,951$22.35$222.4K
Feb 24, 2026Cree BrianPresidentSELL5,282$22.33$117.9K
Feb 24, 2026Henderson James PChief Financial OfficerSELL2,366$22.31$52.8K
14 SEC filing reports analyzed. Sentiment: 0 bullish, 5 bearish, 2 mixed, 7 neutral. Avg impact: 4.3/10.
BEARISH 144 6/10
Former director Michael Chernoff filed a Form 144 notice of intent to sell 70,262 shares of Vitesse
Jun 10, 2026
BEARISH 144 5/10
Former director Michael Bruce Chernoff filed a Form 144 on June 2, 2026, indicating intent to sell 1
Jun 2, 2026
BEARISH 144 5/10
Former director Michael Bruce Chernoff filed a Form 144 on May 28, 2026, indicating intent to sell 1
May 28, 2026
NEUTRAL 144 3/10
Former director Michael Bruce Chernoff filed a Form 144 notice of intent to sell 100,000 shares of V
May 27, 2026
NEUTRAL 144 3/10
Former director Michael Bruce Chernoff filed a Form 144 to sell 100,000 shares of Vitesse Energy com
May 19, 2026
NEUTRAL 144 3/10
Director Michael Bruce Chernoff files Form 144 to sell 50,000 shares (~$959K) of Vitesse Energy, con
May 4, 2026
MIXED 8-K 4/10
Vitesse Energy reported Q1 2026 GAAP net loss of $42.3M driven by $48.2M non-cash unrealized derivat
May 4, 2026
BEARISH 144 6/10
Director Michael Bruce Chernoff filed a Form 144 to sell 9,796 shares of Vitesse Energy common stock
Apr 30, 2026
NEUTRAL 144 2/10
Director Michael Bruce Chernoff filed Form 144 to sell 100,000 shares of Vitesse Energy, valued at a
Apr 28, 2026
NEUTRAL EFFECT 3/10
Vitesse Energy's S-3 shelf registration has become effective, allowing the company to sell up to $75
Apr 22, 2026
NEUTRAL DEFA14A 4/10
Vitesse Energy is holding its annual shareholder meeting to elect eight directors and ratify Deloitt
Apr 17, 2026
NEUTRAL 8-K 5/10
Vitesse Energy issued 1.94 million shares to Titan Exploration as consideration for non-operated oil
Apr 10, 2026
MIXED CLUSTER 5/10
Vitesse Energy's Interim CEO Cree Brian sold $1.31M in shares while CFO Henderson James P bought $94
Apr 1, 2026
BEARISH CLUSTER 6/10
Three top executives at Vitesse Energy — the CEO, President, and CFO — collectively sold over $393,0
Feb 26, 2026

No press releases analyzed yet. Press releases are collected from GlobeNewsWire and analyzed by the LLM pipeline.

Historical analyst distribution (last covering-analyst action Oct 2025): 63% buy across 8 analysts — 2 strong buy, 3 buy, 3 hold, 0 sell, 0 strong sell. No current recommendation available.

Analyst Price Targets

Historical data — last covering-analyst action Oct 2025. No current recommendation available.
$23.75 mean target (Oct 2025)
$20.00 Low $28.00 High
MetricValue
Current Price$17.15
Target Low$20.00
Target Mean$23.75
Target Median$23.50
Target High$28.00
# Analysts4
Recommendation— (no recent coverage)

Earnings Estimates & Revisions

PeriodEPS AvgEPS LowEPS HighEPS Growth30d Rev.Up/DownRev. AvgRev. GrowthAnalysts
Current Q
2026-06-30
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 -100.0% -100.0% 0↑ 1↓ $0.1B -0.7% 1
Next Q
2026-09-30
$0.06 $0.06 $0.06 +50.0% 1↑ 0↓ $0.1B 16.8% 1
Current FY
2026-12-31
$0.21 $0.21 $0.21 -72.7% -38.2% 0↑ 1↓ $0.3B 10.7% 1
Next FY
2027-12-31
$0.97 $0.97 $0.97 361.9% +5.4% 1↑ 0↓ $0.3B -9.4% 1

Current Quarter EPS Revision History

TimepointEPS EstimateChange
Current$0.000
7d ago$-0.030+0.030
30d ago$0.040-0.040
60d ago$-0.030+0.030
90d ago$0.060-0.060
5 analyst firms have rated this stock: 4 upgrades, 4 downgrades, 4 initiations.

Historical Analyst Actions

DateAnalyst FirmActionPrevious RatingNew Rating
Oct 6, 2025 Evercore ISI Group MAINTAIN In-Line In-Line
Apr 2, 2025 Roth MKM MAINTAIN Buy Buy
Jan 16, 2025 Northland Capital Markets MAINTAIN Outperform Outperform
Dec 18, 2024 Alliance Global Partners UPGRADE Neutral Buy
Dec 17, 2024 Alliance Global Partners UPGRADE Neutral Buy
Nov 6, 2024 Alliance Global Partners DOWNGRADE Buy Neutral
Aug 7, 2024 Alliance Global Partners MAINTAIN Buy Buy
Nov 16, 2023 Alliance Global Partners INITIATE Buy
Oct 17, 2023 Northland Capital Markets UPGRADE Market Perform Outperform
Oct 16, 2023 Roth MKM INITIATE Buy
Aug 9, 2023 Northland Capital Markets DOWNGRADE Outperform Market Perform
Jun 5, 2023 Evercore ISI Group DOWNGRADE Outperform Neutral
May 10, 2023 Northland Capital Markets UPGRADE Market Perform Outperform
Apr 12, 2023 Northland Capital Markets DOWNGRADE Outperform Market Perform
Mar 15, 2023 Jefferies INITIATE Buy
Feb 16, 2023 Evercore ISI Group INITIATE Outperform

Monthly Consensus History

PeriodStrong BuyBuyHoldSellStrong SellBuy %Distribution
Jun 1, 20262330063%
May 1, 20262330063%
Apr 1, 20262330063%
Mar 1, 20262330063%
Feb 1, 20262330063%
Jan 1, 20262330063%
Strong BuyBuyHoldSellStrong Sell

No congressional trading data available for this ticker. Data is sourced from Senate and House financial disclosure filings.

No Reddit sentiment data available yet. Sentiment is analyzed from Reddit investment communities on a rolling basis.

May 4, 2026
earnings_calendar
VTS Q1 2026 Earnings After Market Close — 2026-05-04
Apr 8, 2026
short_volume
Short Volume: VTS — 83.0% short (0.5M / 0.6M)
Short: 481,274 | Exempt: 230 | TRF Vol: 579,865 | Short Ratio: 83.0% | Off-exchange volume (dark pool + OTC)
Mar 27, 2026
short_volume
Short Volume: VTS — 58.1% short (0.4M / 0.6M)
Short: 357,130 | Exempt: 8,159 | TRF Vol: 614,785 | Short Ratio: 58.1% | Off-exchange volume (dark pool + OTC)
Mar 17, 2026
short_interest
FTD: VTS — 28,519 shares ($0.6M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260317, Price: $19.32, FTD Value: $550,987.08, VITESSE ENERGY INC COM
Mar 16, 2026
short_interest
FTD: VTS — 49,196 shares ($1.0M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260316, Price: $19.79, FTD Value: $973,588.84, VITESSE ENERGY INC COM
Mar 9, 2026
short_interest
FTD: VTS — 47,629 shares ($0.9M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260309, Price: $19.54, FTD Value: $930,670.66, VITESSE ENERGY INC COM
Mar 6, 2026
short_interest
FTD: VTS — 30,203 shares ($0.6M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260306, Price: $19.26, FTD Value: $581,709.78, VITESSE ENERGY INC COM
Mar 5, 2026
short_interest
FTD: VTS — 56,254 shares ($1.1M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260305, Price: $18.90, FTD Value: $1,063,200.6, VITESSE ENERGY INC COM
Mar 4, 2026
short_interest
FTD: VTS — 33,601 shares ($0.6M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260304, Price: $18.60, FTD Value: $624,978.6, VITESSE ENERGY INC COM
Mar 3, 2026
short_interest
FTD: VTS — 109,780 shares ($2.1M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260303, Price: $19.56, FTD Value: $2,147,296.8, VITESSE ENERGY INC COM
Mar 2, 2026
earnings_calendar
VTS Q4 2025 Earnings After Market Close — 2026-03-02
Feb 27, 2026
short_interest
FTD: VTS — 56,457 shares ($1.1M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260227, Price: $19.84, FTD Value: $1,120,106.88, VITESSE ENERGY INC COM
Feb 26, 2026
short_interest
FTD: VTS — 35,930 shares ($0.8M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260226, Price: $22.12, FTD Value: $794,771.6, VITESSE ENERGY INC COM