FANG Q3 EPS Estimate Raised by Capital One Financial

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Equities research analysts at Capital One Financial upped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Diamondback Energy in a note issued to investors on Monday, July 14th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now forecasts that the oil and natural gas company will earn $3.59 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $3.57. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy’s current full-year earnings is $15.49 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Diamondback Energy’s Q4 2025 earnings at $3.75 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $12.63 EPS.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The oil and natural gas company reported $4.54 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.67 by $0.87. Diamondback Energy had a return on equity of 11.22% and a net margin of 30.84%. The firm had revenue of $4.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.58 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $4.50 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 81.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on Diamondback Energy from $234.00 to $225.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, May 13th. UBS Group cut their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $175.00 to $163.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Evercore ISI assumed coverage on Diamondback Energy in a research report on Tuesday, May 6th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $165.00 price objective for the company. Truist Financial raised their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $238.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Diamondback Energy in a research report on Tuesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Diamondback Energy presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $193.35.

Diamondback Energy Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FANG opened at $136.47 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $141.52 and a 200 day moving average price of $149.18. Diamondback Energy has a 52 week low of $114.00 and a 52 week high of $214.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 0.86. The stock has a market capitalization of $39.87 billion, a PE ratio of 8.35 and a beta of 1.05.

Diamondback Energy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th were issued a dividend of $1.00 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.93%. Diamondback Energy’s payout ratio is currently 24.46%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, President Hof Matthew Kaes Van’t sold 10,000 shares of Diamondback Energy stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $142.69, for a total transaction of $1,426,900.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president directly owned 120,645 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,214,835.05. This trade represents a 7.65% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Diamondback Energy

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FANG. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its stake in Diamondback Energy by 11.3% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 9,136,645 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $1,496,859,000 after acquiring an additional 928,429 shares during the period. Boston Partners increased its stake in Diamondback Energy by 4.8% during the 1st quarter. Boston Partners now owns 5,418,840 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $861,961,000 after acquiring an additional 249,098 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Diamondback Energy by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,710,165 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $769,706,000 after acquiring an additional 91,605 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in Diamondback Energy by 2.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 4,257,247 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $680,649,000 after acquiring an additional 94,177 shares during the period. Finally, Demars Financial Group LLC increased its stake in Diamondback Energy by 5.3% during the 1st quarter. Demars Financial Group LLC now owns 4,102,785 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $655,953,000 after acquiring an additional 208,200 shares during the period. 90.01% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Diamondback Energy Company Profile

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.