Research Analysts Offer Predictions for MTDR Q3 Earnings

Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) – Equities research analysts at Capital One Financial boosted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Matador Resources in a research report issued on Thursday, March 20th. Capital One Financial analyst P. Johnston now anticipates that the energy company will post earnings of $2.20 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.16. The consensus estimate for Matador Resources’ current full-year earnings is $8.53 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Matador Resources’ Q4 2025 earnings at $2.29 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.90 EPS.

Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The energy company reported $1.83 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.88 by ($0.05). The business had revenue of $970.37 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $967.10 million. Matador Resources had a return on equity of 18.52% and a net margin of 25.26%.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on MTDR. Truist Financial lifted their target price on Matador Resources from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. TD Cowen lifted their target price on Matador Resources from $74.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Stephens boosted their price objective on Matador Resources from $78.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Wolfe Research upgraded Matador Resources from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $72.00 price objective for the company in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $70.00 price objective on shares of Matador Resources in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $74.20.

Matador Resources Trading Down 1.4 %

Shares of MTDR stock opened at $51.59 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $6.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.23 and a beta of 3.17. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $55.39 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $54.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 0.93. Matador Resources has a fifty-two week low of $43.89 and a fifty-two week high of $71.08.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Altshuler Shaham Ltd bought a new position in Matador Resources in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Matador Resources by 108.5% during the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 492 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 256 shares during the period. TCTC Holdings LLC grew its stake in shares of Matador Resources by 53.8% during the 4th quarter. TCTC Holdings LLC now owns 500 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 175 shares during the period. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB grew its stake in shares of Matador Resources by 68.3% during the 4th quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 510 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 207 shares during the period. Finally, SRS Capital Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Matador Resources by 359.5% during the 4th quarter. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 579 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 453 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 91.98% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Matador Resources news, COO Christopher P. Calvert acquired 1,300 shares of Matador Resources stock in a transaction on Friday, February 21st. The stock was purchased at an average price of $55.17 per share, for a total transaction of $71,721.00. Following the purchase, the chief operating officer now directly owns 34,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,875,780. This trade represents a 3.98 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Glenn W. Stetson acquired 1,000 shares of Matador Resources stock in a transaction on Friday, February 21st. The stock was acquired at an average price of $53.06 per share, with a total value of $53,060.00. Following the purchase, the executive vice president now directly owns 91,680 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,864,540.80. This trade represents a 1.10 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders purchased 21,350 shares of company stock worth $1,100,769. 6.10% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Matador Resources Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th were issued a dividend of $0.3125 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.25 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.42%. This is an increase from Matador Resources’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. Matador Resources’s dividend payout ratio is 17.51%.

About Matador Resources

Matador Resources Company, an independent energy company, engages in the exploration, development, production, and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources in the United States. It operates through two segments, Exploration and Production; and Midstream. The company primarily holds interests in the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Delaware Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas.