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Vista Energy

Pumps oil and gas from the Vaca Muerta field in Argentina.

Company Health

72
/100
Healthy
A quick check of the business from its yearly reports (2021–2024). It doesn’t say whether the stock is a good buy.
Does it make money?
25 of 25 · Good
$29 of every $100 in sales was left as profit last year.
Is it growing?
25 of 25 · Good
Sales grew about 35% a year over the last 3 years.
Can it handle what it owes?
22 of 25 · Good
It would take about 2 years of the cash its business brings in to pay off everything it owes.
Does it bring in spare cash?
0 of 25 · Poor
It spent more cash than it brought in: $6 of every $100 in sales.

Who owns it

1 of 23 own it · Nobody changed their stake
bought lately
owns it
doesn’t own it
Didn’t report owning it: Whale Rock, Appaloosa, Melqart, Coatue, D1 Capital, Light Street, Lone Pine, Third Point, TCI, Pershing Square, Himalaya Capital, Greenlight, Giverny Capital, Fundsmith, Semper Augustus, Akre
Their letters don’t mention it: Arquitos, Laughing Water, Alluvial, Bireme, Kingdom Capital, Saga Partners
From each fund’s latest 13F report (Jun 30, 2026). Funds that don’t file one: from their own letters.

The numbers

From Vista Energy’s yearly reports. Tap a year to see its figures.

Sales and profit

Sales grew from $416 million in 2019 to $1.65 billion in 2024, and it made a profit in 4 of the 6 years.
2024
Sales
$1.65 billion
Profit
$478 million

Spare cash each year

It had cash to spare in 3 of the 6 years, but in 2024 it spent $93.5 million more than it brought in.
2024
Cash shortfall
$93.5 million
Spare cash is the cash its business brought in, minus what it spent on buildings and equipment.

What it owns and what it owes

At the end of 2024 it owned $4.23 billion, including $764 million in cash, and owed $2.61 billion.

Key facts

From its yearly report for 2024.
Sales
$1.65 billion
Profit
$478 million
Cash shortfall
$93.5 million
Cash in the bank
$764 million
Everything it owes
$2.61 billion
Year ends
December
Money shown in
U.S. dollars
Latest yearly report
20-F, filed Apr 28, 2026
Figures from Vista Energy’s yearly reports to the SEC (EDGAR), collected Oct 12, 2026.
Not investment advice. Holdings come from public SEC reports and the funds’ own letters, and can be up to 4½ months old. How this works
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