Q3 EPS Estimate for Diamondback Energy Boosted by Analyst

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Research analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Diamondback Energy in a note issued to investors on Monday, January 27th. Zacks Research analyst N. Choudhury now expects that the oil and natural gas company will earn $3.72 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $3.70. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy’s current full-year earnings is $15.58 per share.

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

Several other research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $195.00 target price on shares of Diamondback Energy in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Mizuho cut their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $219.00 to $207.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, December 16th. Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $252.00 to $232.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Scotiabank dropped their target price on Diamondback Energy from $245.00 to $225.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Finally, UBS Group reduced their price target on shares of Diamondback Energy from $235.00 to $212.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $215.00.

Diamondback Energy Stock Performance

NASDAQ FANG opened at $170.86 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $169.86 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $181.48. 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 $147.93 and a 1 year high of $214.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $49.89 billion, a PE ratio of 9.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.88.

Institutional Trading of Diamondback Energy

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Creative Planning lifted its holdings in Diamondback Energy by 2.6% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 33,387 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $6,684,000 after acquiring an additional 835 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Diamondback Energy by 79.0% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 36,480 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $7,303,000 after purchasing an additional 16,096 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in Diamondback Energy by 5.5% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 100,130 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $20,045,000 after buying an additional 5,251 shares in the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its position in Diamondback Energy by 23.3% during the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 2,116 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $424,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the period. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers increased its holdings in Diamondback Energy by 3.1% in the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 47,919 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $9,593,000 after buying an additional 1,431 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.01% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Diamondback Energy

In related news, 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 transaction, the director now directly owns 4,712 shares in the company, valued at $852,872. The trade was a 19.62 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Diamondback Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 21st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 14th were issued a $0.90 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 14th. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.11%. 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.