Diamondback Energy (FANG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the development, exploration and production of unconventional resources in the Permian Basin. Headquartered in Midland, Texas, the company concentrates its operations in the core Midland and Delaware sub‑basins of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, where it pursues contiguous acreage positions to support repeatable drilling programs.

Diamondback’s activities span the upstream value chain, including leasehold acquisition, well planning, drilling, completion and production optimization. The company produces crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and natural gas from horizontal wells developed using multi‑stage hydraulic fracturing. In addition to drilling and completion operations, Diamondback manages gathering and marketing arrangements to move and sell hydrocarbons, and it employs subsurface, completion and operational technologies aimed at improving recovery and reducing per‑well costs.

As a publicly traded E&P operator, Diamondback balances capital allocation across drilling activity, infrastructure and returns to shareholders while responding to changing commodity price environments. Its concentrated Permian footprint and integrated approach to operations and midstream logistics support scalability and operational efficiency, enabling the company to pursue disciplined development of its unconventional assets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $198.75 to $208.95
• 50-Day Range: $176.64 to $207.77
• 52-Week Range: $132.20 to $214.51
• Volume: 1.49 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.33 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $56.53 billion
• P/E Ratio: 233.69
• Dividend Yield: 2.19%
• Price Target: $219.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Diamondback Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Diamondback Energy scored higher than 70% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 92nd out of 248 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Diamondback Energy has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.04, and is based on 5 strong buy ratings, 17 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Diamondback Energy is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Diamondback Energy has been the subject of 18 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -10.62%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Diamondback Energy are expected to decrease by -10.62% in the coming year, from $18.93 to $16.92 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Diamondback Energy is 233.69, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.60.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Diamondback Energy is 233.69, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.26.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Diamondback Energy has a P/B Ratio of 1.33. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.32% of the float of Diamondback Energy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Diamondback Energy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.61, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Diamondback Energy has recently increased by 10.83%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Diamondback Energy pays a meaningful dividend of 2.12%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Diamondback Energy has been increasing its dividend for 7 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Diamondback Energy is 511.63%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Diamondback Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.00% next year. This indicates that Diamondback Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.95

News Sentiment

Diamondback Energy has a news sentiment score of 0.95. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 45 news articles for Diamondback Energy this week, compared to 18 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

45 people have searched for FANG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 10% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

39 people have added Diamondback Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 875% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Diamondback Energy insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $32,090,475.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.64% of the stock of Diamondback Energy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.01% of the stock of Diamondback Energy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/12 Dividend: 3/05/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/12 Dividend: 3/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/12/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/04/2026
• Record date for 5/21 Dividend: 5/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/21 Dividend: 5/14/2026
• Today: 5/21/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/21/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: OIL - US EXP&PROD
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:FANG
• CIK: 1539838
• Web: www.diamondbackenergy.com
• Phone: (432) 221-7400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,762
• Year Founded: 2007

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Diamondback Energy: $219.00
• High Price Target: $262.00
• Low Price Target: $170.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +9.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.04
• Research Coverage: 26 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.86
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 233.69
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.53
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $1.66 billion
• Net Margins: 1.87%
• Pretax Margin: 1.03%
• Return on Equity: 7.76%
• Return on Assets: 4.67%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.31
• Current Ratio: 0.56
• Quick Ratio: 0.55

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $15.03 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.76
• Cash Flow: $30.59 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.57
• Book Value: $151.57 per share
• Price / Book: 1.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 281,310,000
• Free Float: 279,513,000
• Market Cap: $56.53 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.46