secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM)
CIK:        0002074176
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0002074176-26-000025
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Viper Energy Q1 net income $215M, production 65K bo/d, Riverbend acquisition for $337M+3.7M shares
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- Q1 2026 consolidated net income $215M; net income attributable to Viper $97M ($0.53 per share); adjusted net income $221M ($1.22 per share).
- Average production 65,000 bo/d (130,711 boe/d); realized price $42.16/boe unhedged.
- Declared Q1 base dividend $0.38 and variable $0.30 per share, total $0.68 (5.5% annualized yield on May 1 close of $49.90).
- Announced acquisition of Riverbend Oil & Gas for $337M cash + 3.7M Class A shares; expected close early Q3 2026, adds ~2,000 bo/d production.
- Repurchased 2.2M shares for $96M in Q1; closed non-Permian divestiture for $610M net proceeds in February.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2074176/000207417626000025/0002074176-26-000025-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2074176/000207417626000025/vnom-20260504.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0002074176-26-000025

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