Viper Energy Partners (VNOM) reported $245 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 19.3%. EPS of $0.54 for the same period compares to $0.52 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.72% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $249.29 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.45, the EPS surprise was +20.00%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.

Here is how Viper Energy performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Average daily combined volumes: 57,378 BOE/D versus 57,023.26 BOE/D estimated by seven analysts on average.
• Average sales prices - Natural gas liquids: $24.52 compared to the $22.59 average estimate based on four analysts.
• Average sales prices - Natural Gas: $2.08 compared to the $2.20 average estimate based on four analysts.
• Production - Crude Oil: 2,818 MBBL compared to the 2,798.76 MBBL average estimate based on four analysts.
• Average sales prices - Crude Oil: $71.33 versus the four-analyst average estimate of $70.96.
• Total Production: 5,164 MBOE versus the four-analyst average estimate of 5,115.66 MBOE.
• Production - NGL: 1,142 MBBL versus the four-analyst average estimate of 1,140.59 MBBL.
• Production - Natural Gas: 7,221 MMcf versus the four-analyst average estimate of 7,058.64 MMcf.
• Oil income: $201 million versus $197.82 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +13.5% change.
• Natural Gas Liquids Income: $28 million compared to the $25.52 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +32.4% year over year.
• Natural Gas Income: $15 million compared to the $18.70 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +120.7% year over year.
• Lease bonus income: $1 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $0.72 million.

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Shares of Viper Energy have returned +11.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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