Q4 EPS Forecast for Diamondback Energy Increased by Analyst

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Diamondback Energy in a research note issued on Monday, November 25th. Zacks Research analyst N. Choudhury now anticipates that the oil and natural gas company will earn $4.14 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $4.10. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy’s current full-year earnings is $16.26 per share.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The oil and natural gas company reported $3.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.62 by ($1.24). The firm had revenue of $2.65 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.43 billion. Diamondback Energy had a return on equity of 13.68% and a net margin of 33.64%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $5.49 EPS.

Several other research firms also recently commented on FANG. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $237.00 to $233.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 18th. Raymond James lifted their price target on shares of Diamondback Energy from $232.00 to $237.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy from $247.00 to $223.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. Barclays raised shares of Diamondback Energy from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $216.00 to $210.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Citigroup initiated coverage on Diamondback Energy in a report on Monday, October 14th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $195.00 price target on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, seventeen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Diamondback Energy presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $212.00.

Diamondback Energy Stock Up 0.1 %

FANG stock opened at $176.19 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $51.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a current ratio of 0.45 and a quick ratio of 0.42. Diamondback Energy has a 1-year low of $145.70 and a 1-year high of $214.50. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $182.13 and a 200-day moving average price of $190.18.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Boston Partners boosted its stake in Diamondback Energy by 235.6% during the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 2,730,482 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $541,844,000 after buying an additional 1,916,900 shares during the last quarter. Zimmer Partners LP bought a new stake in Diamondback Energy in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $87,924,000. Holocene Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 95.3% during the 3rd quarter. Holocene Advisors LP now owns 938,474 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $161,793,000 after acquiring an additional 457,896 shares in the last quarter. Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 25.6% during the 3rd quarter. Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,158,910 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $372,196,000 after acquiring an additional 439,579 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 16.0% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 3,012,329 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $603,038,000 after purchasing an additional 415,902 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.01% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, major shareholder Lyndal Greth sold 13,212,830 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.11, for a total transaction of $2,313,698,661.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 1,037,819 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $181,732,485.09. This trade represents a 92.72 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Mark Lawrence Plaumann sold 1,150 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $181.00, for a total transaction of $208,150.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 4,712 shares in the company, valued at approximately $852,872. The trade was a 19.62 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Diamondback Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 21st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 14th were issued a dividend of $0.90 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 14th. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.04%. Diamondback Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 20.61%.

About Diamondback Energy

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.