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Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM) received an updated Schedule 13D/A from Diamondback Energy, Inc. and its affiliates reflecting their current beneficial ownership and a recently closed transaction. Based on 194,405,049 Class A shares outstanding as of July 31, 2026, Diamondback reports beneficial ownership of 145,972,177 shares of Class A Common Stock (including exchangeable interests), representing 42.9% of the class. Diamondback E&P LLC reports 10,874,987 shares (5.3% of the class), and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. reports 70,633,640 shares (26.7% of the class), each with sole voting and dispositive power over its reported shares.
The amendment notes that on September 1, 2026, a previously disclosed Purchase Agreement closed, resulting in the reporting persons acquiring an aggregate of 3,815,459 OpCo units and an equivalent number of Class B Common shares. Diamondback, Diamondback E&P and Endeavor each hold Class B Common Stock and New OpCo Units that are exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for Class A Common Stock.
Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM) reported that large shareholder Diamondback Energy, Inc., through affiliated entities, acquired additional equity-linked interests on September 1, 2026. Affiliates Diamondback E&P LLC and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. received an aggregate of 3,815,459 Operating Company Units and an equal number of Class B Common Stock shares in connection with a mineral and royalty interests acquisition. Each Class B share, together with a matching Operating Company Unit, is redeemable at the holder’s discretion for one share of Class A Common Stock.
Wellington Management Group LLP and related entities report beneficial ownership of Viper Energy, Inc. common stock. Through investment-adviser affiliates, they beneficially own 8,696,506 shares, representing 4.48% of the class, with 0 shares under sole voting or dispositive power.
The group has shared voting power over 7,909,365 shares and shared dispositive power over 8,696,506 shares. The securities are held for clients of Wellington’s investment advisers, and no individual client is known to hold more than five percent of this class.
Viper Energy, Inc. has reported that Capital World Investors, a division of Capital Research and Management Company and related investment management entities, is a significant shareholder. Capital World Investors is deemed the beneficial owner of 26,496,049 shares of Viper Energy common stock, representing 13.6% of the 194,215,015 shares believed to be outstanding. All of these shares are reported with sole voting power and sole dispositive power, with no shared voting or dispositive power disclosed.
Diamondback Energy, Inc., Diamondback E&P LLC and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. filed an amended Schedule 13D updating their beneficial ownership in Viper Energy, Inc. Class A Common Stock. Diamondback Energy, Inc. reports beneficial ownership of 142,156,718 shares, representing 42.2% of the class, with sole voting and dispositive power. Diamondback E&P LLC reports 8,066,528 shares, or 4.0%, and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. reports 69,626,640 shares, or 26.4%, each with sole voting and dispositive power.
On August 3, 2026, Viper Energy, Inc., as parent, and Viper Energy Partners LP, as buyer, entered into a definitive Purchase Agreement to acquire certain mineral and royalty interests from the reporting persons and related subsidiaries in exchange for 3,654,979 OpCo units and an equivalent number of shares of Class B Common Stock, subject to transaction costs and customary post-closing adjustments. Closing is expected in September.
Viper Energy, Inc. reported strong Permian-focused results for the first half of 2026. Total operating income reached $1,188 million, including royalty income of $1,154 million on combined volumes of 23,991 MBOE. Net income attributable to Viper was $239 million, and Q2 diluted EPS was $0.73.
The company streamlined its portfolio by selling 9,400 non‑Permian net royalty acres for $610 million, using proceeds to fully repay a $500 million term loan and reduce borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility. Long‑term debt was $1,678 million at June 30, 2026, with $1.91 billion of revolver capacity available and operating cash flow of $815 million.
Viper continued consolidating Permian mineral interests through a $339 million Riverbend acquisition adding 2,772 net royalty acres, alongside smaller third‑party and related‑party purchases. Management raised full‑year 2026 production guidance to 132.5–135 MBOE/d and approved a higher annual base dividend of $2.00 per Class A share beginning with Q3 2026.
Viper Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, reported second-quarter 2026 results with average production of 65,077 bo/d (134,363 boe/d), total operating income of $677 million and net income attributable to Viper of $142 million, or $0.73 per common share. Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Viper was $339 million, and cash available for distribution to stockholders was $262 million, or $1.37 per share.
The Board declared a Q2 2026 base dividend of $0.38 and variable dividend of $0.29 per Class A share, with total capital returned of $197 million (75% of cash available for distribution), including repurchases of 3.0 million shares for $132 million. Effective Q3 2026, the Board approved a 32% increase in the annual base dividend to $2.00 per Class A share, a level expected to be supported down to approximately $30 per barrel WTI and to represent approximately 50% of cash available for distribution at $70 WTI, while removing its prior commitment to return at least 75% each quarter.
After completing the Riverbend Acquisition on July 1, 2026 and agreeing to acquire an additional 933 net royalty acres from Diamondback, Viper held about 90,212 net royalty acres, with 1,798 gross horizontal wells in active development and 1,589 line-of-sight wells. The company guided Q3 2026 net production to 67.5–68.5 Mbo/d and full-year 2026 to 66.0–67.25 Mbo/d, and reported cash of $77 million, total debt of $1.7 billion and net debt of $1.6 billion at June 30, 2026.
Viper Energy, Inc. filed a Form 8-K to report that it has submitted a prospectus supplement to its automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC. The filing is mainly administrative and is used to provide the opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP on the legality of issuing and selling the securities described in the prospectus supplement, included as Exhibit 5.1, along with a related consent and XBRL cover page data.
Viper Energy, Inc. is registering the resale of 3,691,796 shares of its Class A common stock by selling stockholders pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated July 2, 2026.
The resale is by the ROG Sellers in connection with the Riverbend Acquisition; the company will receive no proceeds from these sales. The prospectus permits sales in public or private transactions and lists plan of distribution methods. The prospectus cites a last reported Nasdaq price of $42.41 per share on June 29, 2026.
Viper Energy, Inc. entered into a first amendment to its existing credit agreement, extending the revolving credit facility’s maturity date from June 12, 2030 to June 12, 2031. The amendment also increases total lender commitments from $1.5 billion to $2.0 billion, providing additional borrowing capacity.
The amendment further decreases the interest rate applicable to loans and reduces certain fees under the facility, which should lower the company’s future borrowing costs under this agreement. Other technical provisions of the credit agreement were also updated as set out in the full amendment.