Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VIST) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Mexico City. The company was founded in 2017 (originally established as a platform entity) and is known for building an international upstream portfolio concentrated in Latin America, especially through its exposure ...Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VIST) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Mexico City. The company was founded in 2017 (originally established as a platform entity) and is known for building an international upstream portfolio concentrated in Latin America, especially through its exposure to Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation. Vista’s operations include production and development activities supported by a substantial land position (reported as 183,100 acres in Vaca Muerta), along with additional producing assets in Argentina and Mexico.
From a business perspective, Vista participates in the upstream value chain: it identifies and develops hydrocarbon resources, drills and completes wells, and produces oil and natural gas that are sold into regional markets. Its strategy emphasizes growth and efficiency—public materials describe “world-class efficiency” in terms of low costs and lower carbon emissions. In practice, this typically implies a focus on operational performance (well productivity, uptime, and lifecycle cost management), disciplined capital allocation, and continuous improvement in environmental performance—elements that matter to investors when oil prices fluctuate and when emissions intensity becomes increasingly relevant to financing and market access.
Product-wise, Vista is not a consumer brand company; its “products” are crude oil and natural gas produced from its acreage. The company’s core service to the economy is supplying energy through production, development, and reservoir operations. Financially, Vista is characterized by the metrics typical of E&P businesses: revenues and margins depend on commodity prices, while cash flows are strongly influenced by operating costs, production volumes, and capital expenditures. Market valuation metrics provided in the reference data (e.g., market capitalization in the billions of USD and TTM enterprise value ratios) suggest it is actively traded and investor-sensitive, as are most upstream operators.
On cost and balance-sheet themes, upstream operators generally manage: (1) lifting costs and service costs, (2) development capex and schedule risk, and (3) leverage and liquidity. Vista’s reported figures include measures like working capital (notably negative in the snapshot), free cash-flow yield, and profitability ratios, which together indicate the company’s cash generation profile and capital intensity must be monitored over cycles.
Key people include Miguel Matias Galuccio, who serves as founder and CEO (and also as chairman, per the referenced leadership material). Additional leadership includes co-founder and CFO Pablo Vera Pinto (and other senior team members such as Juan Garoby mentioned in the reference materials).
Overall, Vista’s investment thesis centers on scaling a concentrated, high-potential resource base in Vaca Muerta while maintaining efficiency and aiming to reduce emissions intensity relative to peers—supporting durability of returns across commodity cycles.
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Estimación de EPS 2.97 · Fin del periodo fiscal 2026-09-30
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Tendencia de 5 años (ingresos, beneficios, FCF)
Métrica
Último
InteranualYoY significa Year-over-Year (interanual). Compara el último valor anual con el valor anual anterior para mostrar la fortaleza de la tendencia a largo plazo.
TrimestralQoQ significa Quarter-over-Quarter (intertrimestral). Compara el último trimestre con el trimestre inmediatamente anterior para mostrar cambios de impulso a corto plazo.
IngresosEl dinero total que entró por la puerta principal al vender cosas, antes de pagar una sola factura. Piensa en esto como el gran total de cada compra con tarjeta de los clientes. (YoY compara el rendimiento de este año con el del año pasado, mientras que QoQ compara los tres meses actuales con los tres anteriores).
$2.5B
+50.2%
+42.8%
Beneficio netoEl resultado final absoluto. Si la empresa pagara a cada proveedor, empleado, banquero y recaudador de impuestos, este es el dinero real que queda en su bolsillo al final del día.
$719.1M
+50.6%
+209.1%
Margen brutoEl margen básico. Si venden unas zapatillas de 100 dólares, este porcentaje indica cuánto de ese precio es ganancia justo después de pagar el caucho y los cordones, pero antes de pagar el alquiler de la tienda o los anuncios de televisión.
+47.5%
-37.7%
+5.0%
Margen operativoLa puntuación de eficiencia del 'trabajo diario'. De cada dólar que gasta un cliente, esto muestra cuántos centavos mantiene la empresa después de fabricar el producto Y pagar todos los gastos generales corporativos (como salarios, marketing y mantener las luces encendidas).
+33.5%
-11.8%
+77.1%
Margen netoEl porcentaje final que se lleva a casa. Cuando se eliminan todos los costos concebibles, impuestos y pagos de intereses, este es el número exacto de centavos que la empresa realmente se queda de cada dólar en ventas.
+29.1%
+0.3%
+116.5%
Flujo de caja libreEl santo grial del efectivo corporativo. Es el dinero físico gastable que queda después de que el negocio paga sus operaciones diarias Y compra las actualizaciones grandes y costosas (como nuevas fábricas o servidores) que necesita para sobrevivir. Este es el dinero 'libre' que pueden usar para pagar dividendos o recomprar acciones.
$-821.6M
-683.7%
+291.9%
Margen FCFLa tasa definitiva de conversión de efectivo. Muestra qué tan buena es la empresa para convertir ventas regulares directamente en efectivo frío, duro y gastable. Un porcentaje alto significa que el negocio es una auténtica máquina de imprimir dinero.
-33.2%
-422.0%
+234.4%
Deuda/PatrimonioEl indicador de riesgo financiero. Compara cuánto del imperio de la empresa se construyó con dinero prestado (préstamos) frente al dinero propio de los propietarios (accionistas). Un número alto significa que están muy apalancados y juegan un juego más arriesgado; un número bajo significa que juegan a lo seguro.
131.3%
+37.9%
-22.4%
Ratio corrienteLa verificación de supervivencia de 12 meses. Simplemente compara el efectivo que tienen ahora mismo (más cosas que pueden convertirse rápidamente en efectivo) con las facturas inmediatas que absolutamente deben pagar este año. Una puntuación superior a 1 significa que tienen suficiente en la billetera para cubrir las próximas facturas sin entrar en pánico.
0.86x
-13.1%
-10.0%
Activos totalesEl tamaño absoluto del imperio de la empresa. Agrupa absolutamente todo lo valioso que poseen, desde el efectivo en la caja registradora y el inventario en el almacén, hasta las patentes de software en la bóveda y las fábricas en el suelo.
Operator: Good day, everyone, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Vista's second quarter 2026 earnings webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask a question, you will need to press star one one on your telephone. You will then hear a message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. Now it's my pleasure to hand the conference to Vista's Strategic Planning and Investor Relations Officer, Alejandro Cherñacov. Please proceed.
Alejandro Cherñacov: Thanks. Good morning, everyone. We are happy to welcome you to Vista's second quarter of 2026 results conference call. I am here with Miguel Galuccio, Vista's Chairman and CEO, Pablo Vera Pinto, Vista's CFO, Juan Garoby, Vista's CTO, and Matías Weissel, Vista's COO. Before we begin, I would like to draw your attention to our cautionary statement on slide two. Please be advised that our remarks today, including the answers to your questions, may include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from the expectations contemplated by these remarks. Our financial figures are stated in US dollars and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS. However, during this conference call, we may discuss certain non-IFRS financial measures such as Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income. Reconciliations of these measures to the closest IFRS measure can be found in the earnings release that we issued yesterday. Please check our website for further information. Our company is a sociedad anónima bursátil de capital variable, organized under the laws of Mexico, registered in the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores at the New York Stock Exchange. Our tickers are Vista in the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores and VIST in the New York Stock Exchange. I will now turn the call over to Miguel.
Miguel Galuccio: Thanks, Ale. Good morning, and welcome to this earning call. The second quarter of 2026 was marked by the closing of the acquisition of Equinor asset in Vaca Muerta. This milestone, in combination with the organic growth, took our company to a new scale, leaving us in an excellent position to capture the upside of higher oil prices. As a result, Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow generation record substantial interannual and sequential increases. Total production was 156,000 barrels per day, 32% above the previous year. Oil production was 135,000 barrels per day, up 33% vis-à-vis the previous year. Total revenues during the quarter were $1.15 billion, an impressive growth of 89% compared to the same quarter of last year. Lifting cost was $4.5 per BOE, 4% below year-over-year. Capital expenditure was $467 million, driven by a strong progress in new well activities during the …