Viper Energy, Inc. filings document material-event reports, proxy materials, and security disclosures for a Nasdaq-listed Class A common stock issuer that owns and acquires oil and natural gas mineral and royalty interests. Form 8-K reports record operating and financial results, base and variable cash dividends, share repurchase activity, debt and capital-allocation updates, and public-offering agreements involving selling stockholders.
Its filings also describe governance and shareholder voting matters, executive officer and compensation arrangements, the Services and Secondment Agreement through which Diamondback-related entities provide personnel and administrative services, and capital-structure items involving Class A common stock, Class B shares paired with OpCo units, and VNOM Holding Company LLC.
Viper Energy, Inc. ownership disclosure: multiple EnCap-related entities report combined beneficial ownership of 8,061,914 shares of Class A Common Stock, representing 3.99% of the class. The filing attributes the position to holdings of OpCo Units and related Class B option/exchange mechanics and states supporting share counts as of May 1, 2026.
The filing explains that certain OpCo Units are exchangeable one-for-one for Class A shares and that calculations assume conversion/exchange of specified OpCo Units held by Tumbleweed Royalty IV, LLC and EnCap funds. Signatures indicate authorized filers from EnCap entities dated 05/15/2026.
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. amended a Schedule 13G to report beneficial ownership of 9,112,048 shares of Viper Energy Inc. Class A common stock, representing 4.7%. The filing lists sole voting power of 9,087,360 shares and sole dispositive power of 9,112,048.
The filing includes a statement denying beneficial ownership and is signed on 05/15/2026; the cover lists 03/31/2026 as a related reporting date.
Viper Energy, Inc. ownership update: Capital World Investors reported beneficial ownership of 24,042,105 shares, representing 12.4% of the 194,311,958 shares believed to be outstanding. The filing states CWI holds sole voting and sole dispositive power over these shares. The disclosure is an ownership amendment signed by CWI's counsel.
Viper Energy, Inc. ownership disclosure: Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC reports beneficial ownership of 15,680,938 shares of Class A Common Stock, representing 7.5% of the class. The percentage is calculated using 194,311,958 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and assumes exchange of the Reporting Person's Class B shares and New OpCo Units for Class A shares.
The filing notes the Reporting Person has sole voting and dispositive power over the 15,680,938 shares and that KMF DPM HoldCo holds rights to dividends or proceeds for more than 5% of the class.
Viper Energy, Inc. reports strong Q1 2026 results driven by sharply higher production and prices. Royalty income rose to $496 million on combined volumes of 11,764 MBOE, or 130,711 BOE/d, helped by contributions from the Sitio Acquisition and the 2025 Drop Down.
Net income was $215 million, with $97 million attributable to Viper Energy, Inc., or $0.53 per diluted share. Cash from operations reached $328 million, while divesting non‑Permian assets brought in about $610 million, largely used to fully repay a $500 million Term Loan and cut revolving credit borrowings.
The company focused its 86,639 net royalty acres in the Permian Basin and expanded its return of capital plan, repurchasing $50 million of Class A shares and $46 million of OpCo Units and paying a $0.52 per‑share Q4 2025 dividend. A pending Riverbend deal adds about 3,064 net royalty acres for roughly $337 million in cash plus 3,689,865 Class A shares.
Viper Energy, Inc. reported strong first quarter 2026 results, with average production of 65,000 barrels of oil per day (130,711 boe/d) and total operating income of $511 million. Consolidated net income was $215 million, including $97 million, or $0.53 per Class A share, attributable to Viper.
Cash available for distribution was $204 million, or $1.05 per Class A share. The company declared a base dividend of $0.38 and a variable dividend of $0.30 per Class A share, and repurchased 2.2 million shares for about $96 million. Total first quarter capital returned to Class A stockholders was $183 million, or 90% of cash available for distribution.
Viper closed a non-Permian asset divestiture for net proceeds of about $610 million, helping reduce net debt to $1.59 billion, down $600 million from year-end 2025. It also agreed to acquire Riverbend Oil & Gas IX mineral and royalty interests for $337 million in cash plus about 3.7 million Class A shares, expected to add around 2,000 bo/d of production and modestly lift 2026 oil production guidance.
Viper Energy Inc. ownership update: a group of Blackstone-related entities reported beneficial ownership of 500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock as of March 31, 2026. The filing attributes 215,534 shares directly to BX Royal Aggregator LP and 284,466 shares to RRR Aggregator LLC.
The statement calculates percentages using 194,311,958 shares outstanding as of March 25, 2026 from the company’s proxy, yielding reported ownership fractions near 0.1%–0.3% across the listed reporting persons. The filing lists the chain of entities through which voting and dispositive power are held and includes standard disclaimers on beneficial ownership attribution.
Viper Energy Inc disclosure: Vanguard Capital Management reports beneficial ownership of 10,022,779 shares of Common Stock, representing 5.15% of the class. The filing states Vanguard has sole dispositive power over 10,022,779 shares and sole voting power over 1,410,309 shares. The filing is signed by Ashley Grim on 04/30/2026.
BlackRock, Inc. files a Schedule 13G/A reporting beneficial ownership of 17,305,981 shares of VIPER ENERGY INC Class A Stock, representing 9.8% of the class. The filing states BlackRock has sole voting power over 15,769,129 shares and sole dispositive power over 17,305,981 shares. The cover lists the security CUSIP as 64361Q101 and the signature date as 04/24/2026.