Capital One Financial Has Negative View of FANG Q2 Earnings

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Diamondback Energy in a report released on Tuesday, May 13th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now expects that the oil and natural gas company will post earnings of $3.22 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $3.73. 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $3.77 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.94 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $15.49 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $12.82 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $12.76 EPS.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last posted its earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The oil and natural gas company reported $4.54 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.67 by $0.87. Diamondback Energy had a net margin of 33.64% and a return on equity of 13.68%. The firm had revenue of $4.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.58 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $4.50 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 81.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other equities analysts also recently weighed in on FANG. Barclays dropped their price target on Diamondback Energy from $200.00 to $185.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $215.00 to $175.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 11th. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Diamondback Energy from $238.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of Diamondback Energy from $167.00 to $161.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Diamondback Energy in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Two equities 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $194.09.

Diamondback Energy Trading Down 2.0%

Shares of FANG opened at $141.95 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a current ratio of 0.45 and a quick ratio of 0.42. Diamondback Energy has a 1-year low of $114.00 and a 1-year high of $214.50. The stock has a market cap of $41.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.06. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $141.32 and a 200-day simple moving average of $158.36.

Institutional Trading of Diamondback Energy

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of FANG. Demars Financial Group LLC bought a new position in Diamondback Energy during the fourth quarter worth $638,050,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Diamondback Energy during the fourth quarter worth $298,327,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Diamondback Energy during the first quarter worth $230,039,000. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. bought a new position in shares of Diamondback Energy in the 4th quarter worth about $185,193,000. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 1,153.0% in the 4th 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 buying an additional 1,042,505 shares during the period. 90.01% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, President Hof Matthew Kaes Van’t sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.69, for a total value of $1,426,900.00. Following the sale, the president now directly owns 120,645 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,214,835.05. This represents a 7.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Frank D. Tsuru acquired 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $156.51 per share, with a total value of $313,020.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now owns 5,730 shares in the company, valued at $896,802.30. This represents a 53.62% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 0.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Diamondback Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a dividend of $1.00 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.82%. Diamondback Energy’s payout ratio is currently 24.46%.

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.