Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Diamondback Energy in a research note issued on Monday, May 19th. Zacks Research analyst N. Choudhury now forecasts that the oil and natural gas company will post earnings per share of $2.39 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $3.11. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy's current full-year earnings is $15.49 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Diamondback Energy's Q3 2025 earnings at $2.87 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.94 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $12.75 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.84 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.73 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.77 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.83 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $11.17 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $12.45 EPS.
A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on FANG. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $167.00 to $161.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $186.00 to $183.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Barclays reduced their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $200.00 to $185.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Scotiabank reduced their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $215.00 to $175.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 11th. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $238.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $193.09.
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Diamondback Energy Trading Down 0.3%
NASDAQ:FANG traded down $0.43 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $135.86. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,766,159 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,153,344. The firm has a market capitalization of $39.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.78, a PEG ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.06. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $139.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of $156.57. Diamondback Energy has a 1 year low of $114.00 and a 1 year high of $214.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 0.45.
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The oil and natural gas company reported $4.54 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.67 by $0.87. The company had revenue of $4.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.58 billion. Diamondback Energy had a net margin of 33.64% and a return on equity of 13.68%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 81.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $4.50 EPS.
Diamondback Energy Dividend Announcement
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th were given a dividend of $1.00 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.94%. Diamondback Energy's payout ratio is 24.46%.
Insider Buying and Selling at Diamondback Energy
In other news, Director Frank D. Tsuru acquired 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $156.51 per share, with a total value of $313,020.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 5,730 shares in the company, valued at $896,802.30. The trade was a 53.62% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, President Hof Matthew Kaes Van't sold 10,000 shares of Diamondback Energy stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.69, for a total value of $1,426,900.00. Following the sale, the president now directly owns 120,645 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,214,835.05. The trade was a 7.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.48% of the company's stock.
Institutional Trading of Diamondback Energy
Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Magnolia Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Magnolia Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,247 shares of the oil and natural gas company's stock worth $532,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Barden Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Barden Capital Management Inc. now owns 4,380 shares of the oil and natural gas company's stock worth $718,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Greenleaf Trust boosted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Greenleaf Trust now owns 6,892 shares of the oil and natural gas company's stock worth $1,129,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC now owns 19,830 shares of the oil and natural gas company's stock worth $3,249,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Center For Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Center For Asset Management LLC now owns 1,976 shares of the oil and natural gas company's stock worth $324,000 after purchasing an additional 68 shares in the last quarter. 90.01% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Diamondback Energy Company Profile
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Diamondback Energy, Inc, an independent oil and natural gas company, acquires, develops, explores, and exploits unconventional, onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas. It focuses on the development of the Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations of the Midland basin; and the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations of the Delaware basin, which are part of the Permian Basin in West Texas and New Mexico.
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