Every Form 4 that Viper Energy (VNOM) has filed with the SEC in the last 12 months is listed below, newest first, and each one links through to the document itself with the summary and the scores our analysis gives it.
A Form 4 covers the transactions officers, directors and large holders report, so if you follow VNOM and want that one kind of document rather than the whole filing history, this is the page to keep. The company's other filings, of every form, are on the full VNOM filings page.
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.
Viper Energy, Inc. director Travis D. Stice reported an indirect equity award tied to the company’s Class A Common Stock. On May 19, 2026, an entity associated with him, Stice Investments, Ltd., acquired 3,612 restricted stock units as a grant, with no cash paid per unit.
Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock. The award was made as an annual non-employee director grant under Viper Energy’s long term incentive plan and will vest on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the date of the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders. Following this grant, indirect holdings reported for Stice Investments, Ltd. total 109,781 shares or share-equivalent units.
Rubin James L. reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Viper Energy, Inc. director James L. Rubin received an equity compensation grant of 3,612 restricted stock units, each representing one share of Class A Common Stock. The award was granted at no cash cost to him under the company’s long term incentive plan.
After this grant, Rubin directly holds 16,119 shares or share-equivalents. The restricted stock units will vest on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the date of Viper Energy’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders, tying the award to continued board service.
Hu Frank C. reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Viper Energy, Inc. director Frank C. Hu received an equity award in the form of 3,612 restricted stock units of Class A Common Stock on May 19, 2026. The units were granted as an annual non-employee director award under the company’s long term incentive plan at no cash cost to Hu.
Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock. The award will vest on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the date of the company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders. Following this grant, Hu directly holds 20,110 shares of Class A Common Stock, reflecting his ongoing equity-based alignment with shareholders.
PERRY WILLIAM WESLEY reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Viper Energy, Inc. director William Wesley Perry received a grant of 3,612 restricted stock units, each representing one share of Class A Common Stock. The award is an annual non-employee director grant under the company’s long term incentive plan and vests on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of grant or the 2027 annual stockholders’ meeting. Following this equity award, Perry directly holds 82,355 shares of Class A Common Stock, reflecting routine board compensation rather than an open-market purchase.
Armour Spencer D III reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Viper Energy, Inc. director Armour Spencer D III received an equity award of 3,612 restricted stock units, each representing one share of Class A Common Stock. These RSUs were granted as an annual non-employee director grant under the company’s long term incentive plan.
The RSUs will vest on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the date of Viper Energy’s 2027 annual stockholders’ meeting. Following this award, Armour Spencer D III directly holds 50,327 shares of Class A Common Stock, reflecting his updated ownership position.
Argo Laurie H reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Viper Energy, Inc. director Laurie H. Argo reported an award of 3,612 shares of Class A Common Stock in the form of restricted stock units granted at no cost as an annual non-employee director grant under the company’s long term incentive plan.
Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock and will vest on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the date of the company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders. Following this award, her reported direct holdings were 14,203 shares or units of Class A Common Stock.
WEST STEVEN E reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Viper Energy, Inc. director Steven E. West reported receiving an equity grant in the form of 3,612 restricted stock units of Class A Common Stock at no cash cost, as an annual non-employee director award under the company’s long term incentive plan.
The restricted stock units each represent a right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock and will vest on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date or the company’s 2027 annual stockholders’ meeting. After this grant, West directly holds 22,093 shares of Class A Common Stock. The filing also notes a transfer of 14,307 shares in a transaction exempt from reporting under Rule 16a-12.
Diamondback Energy, Inc., a major holder of Viper Energy, Inc., converted 510,071 shares of Class B Common Stock and an equal number of Operating Company Units into 510,071 shares of Class A Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.00 per share. The filing also reports an open-market sale of 510,071 Class A shares at $45.69 per share. Following these transactions, the report shows 510,071 Class A shares held directly, while footnote disclosure explains that each Class B share plus one Operating Company Unit can be redeemed for one Class A share. The filing further lists large indirect derivative positions equivalent to 8,066,528 and 69,626,640 underlying Class A shares held through Diamondback E&P LLC and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P.
Diamondback Energy, Inc., a 10% owner of Viper Energy, Inc., reported a series of transactions on March 4, 2026. It converted 12,391,304 shares of Class B Common Stock and an equal number of Operating Company Units into 12,391,304 shares of Class A Common Stock at a stated price of $0.00 per share in a derivative conversion.
On the same date, Diamondback then completed an open-market or private sale of 12,391,304 Class A shares at $45.69 per share. Following these transactions, Diamondback reported direct and indirect holdings, including Class B Common Stock and Operating Company Units held through Diamondback E&P LLC and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P., which are redeemable together into Class A shares under Viper’s LLC agreement.
Viper Energy, Inc. reported equity compensation and related tax withholding transactions for its VP, General Counsel and Secretary, William F. Krueger. On March 1, 2026, he acquired 8,787 restricted stock units, each representing one share of Class A Common Stock, granted under the company’s equity incentive plan and scheduled to vest in three equal installments beginning March 1, 2026.
On the same date, the company withheld 1,166 and 1,153 shares of Class A Common Stock to cover tax obligations tied to the vesting and settlement of prior time-based restricted stock unit tranches. These withholdings were priced at $46.54 per share, based on the February 27, 2026 closing price, leaving Krueger with 13,845.854 Class A shares held directly after the transactions.
Viper Energy, Inc. President Austen Gilfillian reported equity compensation and related tax-withholding transactions in Class A Common Stock. He received a grant of 12,302 restricted stock units, each representing one share of Class A Common Stock, at a price of $0.00 per unit. These units were granted under the company’s equity incentive plan and will vest in three equal installments beginning on March 1, 2026.
On the same date, the company withheld 829, 2,645, 1,421 and 1,614 shares of Class A Common Stock at $46.54 per share to cover tax withholding obligations tied to the vesting and settlement of earlier time-based restricted stock unit grants. Following these award and withholding entries, Gilfillian directly held 49,268 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Austen Gilfillian, President and reporting person of Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM), reported withholding 1,738 shares of Class A common stock to satisfy tax withholding on vested restricted stock units that settled on 10/01/2025. The withheld shares represent 730 shares from the third tranche granted on 3/11/2022 and 1,008 shares from the second tranche granted on 3/02/2023, with the withholding price based on the closing share price on 9/30/2025 of $38.22 per share. The Form 4 is signed by an attorney-in-fact on behalf of Mr. Gilfillian on 10/02/2025.