Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V. (VIST)

NYSE: VIST · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Mexico City, MX · filing with the SEC since 2019

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Grade6.4

◀ Past 6.7● Present 5.9▶ Future 6.8

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The grade of Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

6.4/10

◀ Past6.740% of the headline

● Present5.935% of the headline

▶ Future6.825% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

7.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2019.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.'s filings since 2019 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

7.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+35.3% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 5 of 7.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $198 million in fiscal 2017 to $1.6 billion in fiscal 2024, up 35.3% a year; it rose in 4 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 34% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 5 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span35.3%top 13% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 28% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 36% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak34.1%top 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

3.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 2.8% a year. 5% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 61 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2024-12-31, Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.'s diluted share count grew about 2.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 5% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-05 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearsbottom 39% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

4.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 29%: 29¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 62%: owes 62¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31, Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V. earned about 29 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 19 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 62 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 23% of its family
return on equitytop 2% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 26% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

8.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 18% of 76 in its family; net margin 29%.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.'s standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.6 billion in fiscal 2024 ranks in the top 40% by size; a net margin of 29% ranks in the top 6%; revenue growth of 35.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$1.65Btop 40% of its family
net margin29.0%top 6% of its family
three-year revenue growth35.3%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 4.7/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 58 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 58 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 58 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.'s leadership is put at 4.7 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 58 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

3.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 30% of 74 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2024): cash of $764 million against debt of $1.4 billion leaves -16.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 40% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -5.7% of revenue (bottom 18%); a gross margin of 49.6% (bottom 31%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-16.2%bottom 40% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-5.7%bottom 18% of its family
gross margin49.6%bottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

8.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 16% of 72 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 84th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2024: revenue grew 35.3% a year over the last three filed years against 35.3% over all 7, slowing (top 23% of its family); the newest year grew 40.9% (top 16%); capital spending grew 48.5% a year (top 9%) (its annual reports). Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-0.1 points a yeartop 23% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth40.9%top 16% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending48.5%top 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

7.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 24% of 69 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 76th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.6 billion in fiscal 2024 came in 6.3% above the $1.5 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 49% of its family); net income of $478 million against a prior three-year average of $239 million (top 8%); a net margin of 29% against 21.4% before (top 14%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace6.3%bottom 49% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+100%top 8% of its family
net margin against its prior average+7.6 pointstop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton VIST · research, not advice