---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001528129-24-000104"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001528129"
company_name: "Vital Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T09:50:17.975234+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vital Energy Q1 record production; net loss $66M, adj net income $68M; $1B notes issued

## Summary
- Record Q1 total production 124.7 MBOE/d (58.5 MBO/d oil), exceeding guidance high-end; 20-well package outperformed.
- Net loss $66.1M; adjusted net income $68.1M; EBITDAX $301.3M; Adjusted Free Cash Flow $43.3M.
- Capital investments $217.9M, below expectations.
- Issued $800M (plus $200M subsequent) 7.875% senior notes due 2032; redeemed higher-cost notes, saving $11M annual interest.
- Drilled three horseshoe wells in Upton County; one set industry record at 23,650 ft measured depth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001528129-24-000104
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001528129
- company_name: Vital Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528129/000152812924000104/0001528129-24-000104-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528129/000152812924000104/vtle-20240508.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Vital Energy, Inc. reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: net income $66.1 million.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Net income: $66.1 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: First-Quarter 2024 Highlights • Execution of business plan and successful integration of acquired properties drove record production and higher-than-expected cash flows • Reported 1Q-24 net loss of $66.1 million, Adjusted Net Income 1 of $68.1 million and cash flows from operating activities of $158.6 million • Generated 1Q-24 Consolidated EBITDAX 1 of $301.3 million and Adjusted Free Cash Flow 1 of $43.3 million • Reported record 1Q-24 total and oil production that exceeded the high-end of guidance, producing 124.7 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day ("MBOE/d") and 58.5 thousand barrels of oil per day ("MBO/d"), respectively • Production outperformance attributed to a 20-well package of long-lateral wells in W.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528129/000152812924000104/0001528129-24-000104-index.htm

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