Vermilion Energy: Buy It Before The Hedges Expire

Vermilion Energy is rated a buy with roughly 25 to 30 percent probability-weighted upside. The market prices the stock as if its hedges never expire, but they roll off contractually. Hedged production falls from 47 percent for the remainder of 2026 to roughly 30 percent through 2028. VET earned $20.55 per BOE last quarter and $25.65 before hedging losses. Continuing operations production rose 4.3 percent to 125,787 BOE per day. European gas is only 13 percent of volumes but drives a realized gas price more than triple AECO.