Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG – Free Report) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Diamondback Energy in a note issued to investors on Monday, January 27th. Zacks Research analyst N. Choudhury now anticipates 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.
FANG has been the topic of several other reports. KeyCorp decreased their price target on shares of Diamondback Energy from $225.00 to $216.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Diamondback Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on shares of Diamondback Energy from $252.00 to $232.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. UBS Group reduced their price target on Diamondback Energy from $235.00 to $212.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on Diamondback Energy in a report on Monday, December 2nd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $227.00 price objective for the company. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $215.00.
Diamondback Energy Stock Down 0.3 %
FANG stock opened at $170.41 on Wednesday. Diamondback Energy has a fifty-two week low of $147.93 and a fifty-two week high of $214.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a current ratio of 0.45 and a quick ratio of 0.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $49.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.75, a PEG ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.88. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $169.65 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $181.40.
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The oil and natural gas company reported $3.38 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.62 by ($1.24). The firm had revenue of $2.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.43 billion. Diamondback Energy had a net margin of 33.64% and a return on equity of 13.68%. Diamondback Energy’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $5.49 EPS.
Institutional Trading of Diamondback Energy
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FANG. R Squared Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Diamondback Energy in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its holdings in Diamondback Energy by 247.3% in the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 191 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 136 shares during the period. Values First Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Diamondback Energy during the third quarter valued at $42,000. CVA Family Office LLC grew its holdings in Diamondback Energy by 28.1% during the 3rd quarter. CVA Family Office LLC now owns 296 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $51,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares during the period. Finally, Ashton Thomas Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of Diamondback Energy in the 3rd quarter worth about $52,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.01% of the company’s stock.
Insider Activity
In other news, Director Mark Lawrence Plaumann sold 1,150 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $181.00, for a total value of $208,150.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 4,712 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $852,872. This represents a 19.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 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 given a $0.90 dividend. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.11%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 14th. Diamondback Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.
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