Zacks Research Has Bullish Estimate for FANG FY2025 Earnings

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lifted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Diamondback Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, March 17th. Zacks Research analyst N. Choudhury now expects that the oil and natural gas company will earn $13.89 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $13.79. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy’s current full-year earnings is $15.49 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Diamondback Energy’s Q4 2025 earnings at $3.87 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $3.57 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.69 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.72 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.70 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $14.68 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $15.58 EPS.

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

A number of other research analysts also recently weighed in on FANG. Raymond James reduced their target price on Diamondback Energy from $245.00 to $214.00 and set a “strong-buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Williams Trading set a $190.00 target price on Diamondback Energy in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. UBS Group upped their target price on Diamondback Energy from $212.00 to $216.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on Diamondback Energy in a report on Monday, December 2nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $227.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Mizuho upped their price target on Diamondback Energy from $201.00 to $204.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Diamondback Energy currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $209.92.

Diamondback Energy Stock Up 1.7 %

FANG stock opened at $157.60 on Wednesday. Diamondback Energy has a fifty-two week low of $137.09 and a fifty-two week high of $214.50. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $161.05 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $170.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 0.45. The company has a market capitalization of $45.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.85.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Diamondback Energy

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of FANG. Demars Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in Diamondback Energy in the 4th quarter worth $638,050,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Diamondback Energy during the fourth quarter valued at about $298,327,000. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Diamondback Energy during the fourth quarter valued at about $185,193,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 1,153.0% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,132,918 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $185,606,000 after purchasing an additional 1,042,505 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 11.3% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 9,136,645 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $1,496,859,000 after purchasing an additional 928,429 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.01% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Diamondback Energy news, Director Frank D. Tsuru purchased 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $156.51 per share, for a total transaction of $313,020.00. Following the purchase, the director now owns 5,730 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $896,802.30. This represents a 53.62 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Diamondback Energy Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 6th were paid a $1.00 dividend. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 6th. This is a positive change from Diamondback Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.90. Diamondback Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 25.32%.

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.