FANG Q3 EPS Estimate Raised by Capital One Financial

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Analysts at Capital One Financial lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Diamondback Energy in a report issued 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 forecast 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 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.67 by $0.87. The business had revenue of $4.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.58 billion. Diamondback Energy had a return on equity of 11.22% and a net margin of 30.84%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 81.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $4.50 earnings per share.

A number of other research firms also recently commented on FANG. Evercore ISI assumed coverage on Diamondback Energy in a report on Tuesday, May 6th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $165.00 price objective for the company. UBS Group dropped their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $175.00 to $163.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $167.00 to $161.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. Susquehanna dropped their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $219.00 to $194.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Finally, Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Diamondback Energy in a report on Friday, July 11th. Two 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Diamondback Energy has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $193.35.

Diamondback Energy Trading Down 1.0%

NASDAQ FANG opened at $136.47 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $141.52 and a 200 day simple moving average of $149.18. The company has a market capitalization of $39.87 billion, a PE ratio of 8.35 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. Diamondback Energy has a 12 month low of $114.00 and a 12 month high of $214.50.

Diamondback Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed 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 of this dividend was Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.93%. Diamondback Energy’s payout ratio is presently 24.46%.

Insider Activity

In related news, President Hof Matthew Kaes Van’t sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the president directly owned 120,645 shares in the company, valued at approximately $17,214,835.05. This trade represents a 7.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 4.0% during the first quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 36,177 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $5,784,000 after buying an additional 1,384 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 6.3% during the first quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 58,853 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $9,409,000 after buying an additional 3,467 shares in the last quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 50.4% during the first quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 7,149 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $1,143,000 after buying an additional 2,397 shares in the last quarter. SevenBridge Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 10.8% during the fourth quarter. SevenBridge Financial Group LLC now owns 20,388 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $3,303,000 after buying an additional 1,990 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 49.7% during the fourth quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 9,816 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $1,608,000 after buying an additional 3,261 shares in the last quarter. 90.01% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.