Q1 EPS Estimate for Diamondback Energy Reduced by Analyst

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Equities research analysts at Roth Capital dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Diamondback Energy in a research note issued on Monday, April 14th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now forecasts that the oil and natural gas company will post earnings of $3.29 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $3.40. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy’s current full-year earnings is $15.49 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Diamondback Energy’s Q3 2026 earnings at $3.53 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $3.68 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on FANG. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy from $238.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Scotiabank lowered their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $215.00 to $175.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 11th. Raymond James reduced their target price on Diamondback Energy from $245.00 to $214.00 and set a “strong-buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 12th. UBS Group dropped their price target on shares of Diamondback Energy from $175.00 to $163.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Diamondback Energy from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $190.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Diamondback Energy currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $206.13.

Diamondback Energy Price Performance

Shares of FANG stock opened at $137.64 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $147.62 and a 200-day simple moving average of $165.20. The company has a market capitalization of $40.48 billion, a PE ratio of 7.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.44. Diamondback Energy has a twelve month low of $114.00 and a twelve month high of $214.50. The company has a current ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The oil and natural gas company reported $3.64 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.57 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $3.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.55 billion. Diamondback Energy had a return on equity of 13.68% and a net margin of 33.64%.

Diamondback Energy Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th were given a $1.00 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 6th. This is an increase from Diamondback Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.90. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.91%. Diamondback Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 25.32%.

Insider Transactions at Diamondback Energy

In related news, Director Frank D. Tsuru purchased 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $156.51 per share, for a total transaction of $313,020.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 5,730 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $896,802.30. This represents a 53.62 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Wintrust Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Diamondback Energy during the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. R Squared Ltd bought a new stake in Diamondback Energy in the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its holdings in Diamondback Energy by 247.3% in the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 191 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 136 shares during the last quarter. Grove Bank & Trust boosted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 65.0% during the 1st quarter. Grove Bank & Trust now owns 203 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Diamondback Energy in the 4th quarter worth approximately $33,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.01% of the company’s stock.

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.