UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of July 2026

Commission File No. 001-39000

Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V.

(Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in the Charter)

N.A.

(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)

Torre Mapfre,

243 Paseo de la Reforma Avenue, 18th Floor

Colonia Renacimiento, Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc

06600, Mexico City

Mexico

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

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Contents of this Form 6-K

This Form 6-K for Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Vista” or the “Company”) contains the following exhibit:

Exhibit 1: Second Quarter of 2026 Webcast Presentation.

Forward-Looking Statements

Any statements contained herein or in the attachments hereto regarding Vista that are not historical or current facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements convey Vista’s current expectations or forecasts of future events. Vista undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated events. Forward-looking statements regarding Vista involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Vista’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Certain of these risks and uncertainties are described in the “Risk Factors,” “Forward-Looking Statements” and other applicable sections of Vista’s annual report filed with the SEC on Form 20-F and other applicable filings with the SEC and Vista’s latest annual report available on the Mexican Stock Exchange’s (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A.B. de C.V.) website: www.bmv.com.mx, the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission’s (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores) website: www.gob.mx/cnbv and our website: www.vistaenergy.com.

Enquiries:

Investor Relations:

ir@vistaenergy.com

Argentina: +54 11 3754 8500

Mexico: + 52 55 1555 7104

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: July 17, 2026


VISTA ENERGY, S.A.B. DE C.V.

By:		/s/ Alejandro Cherñacov
Name:		Alejandro Cherñacov
Title:		Strategic Planning and Investor Relations Officer

Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. 6-K