The-Tor Vital Energy, Inc. (NYSE:VTLE) continues to make both large and small acquisitions to increase free cash flow. In the time I have followed this company, it has gone from an asset-based strategy (that few companies survive) while running cash flow deficits until there was a material sale, to a company with free cash flow. Investors have seen the number of shares outstanding balloon. But those same investors can now envision a company that no longer needs to sell material assets for cash to repay  ...