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2. Vital Energy, Inc. (NYSE:VTLE)

Trailing Twelve Month Net Income: $864 million

Vital Energy, Inc. (NYSE:VTLE) is an oil company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The firm paid $55 million to expand its operational wells in the U.S. in December 2023, as part of a bid to grow oil production heading into the new year.

By the end of this year’s third quarter, 30 out of the 910 hedge funds part of Insider Monkey’s database had held a stake in Vital Energy, Inc. (NYSE:VTLE). Sameer Sethna’s Aventail Capital Group was the firm’s biggest investor as it owned a $60.1 million stake.