William Blair Analysts Raise Earnings Estimates for FANG

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Investment analysts at William Blair upped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Diamondback Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, October 27th. William Blair analyst N. Dingmann now forecasts that the oil and natural gas company will earn $2.96 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.37. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy’s current full-year earnings is $15.49 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Diamondback Energy’s FY2026 earnings at $10.38 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on FANG. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on Diamondback Energy from $186.00 to $184.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Barclays decreased their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $185.00 to $178.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. Raymond James Financial dropped their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $221.00 to $212.00 and set a “strong-buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Diamondback Energy in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, KeyCorp reduced their target price on Diamondback Energy from $180.00 to $176.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $189.67.

Diamondback Energy Stock Performance

NASDAQ FANG opened at $143.63 on Wednesday. Diamondback Energy has a 1 year low of $114.00 and a 1 year high of $186.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 0.55 and a quick ratio of 0.52. The firm has a market cap of $41.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.21 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $142.87 and a 200-day moving average price of $141.33.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The oil and natural gas company reported $2.67 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.72 by ($0.05). The company had revenue of $3.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.35 billion. Diamondback Energy had a return on equity of 9.48% and a net margin of 27.25%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 48.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $4.52 earnings per share.

Diamondback Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 21st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 14th were issued a $1.00 dividend. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 14th. Diamondback Energy’s payout ratio is presently 28.43%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Diamondback Energy news, Chairman Travis D. Stice sold 20,400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.80, for a total value of $2,913,120.00. Following the transaction, the chairman directly owned 102,145 shares in the company, valued at $14,586,306. The trade was a 16.65% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Diamondback Energy

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in Diamondback Energy during the first quarter worth about $230,039,000. Smead Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in Diamondback Energy during the second quarter worth about $144,775,000. Adage Capital Partners GP L.L.C. acquired a new position in Diamondback Energy during the first quarter worth about $77,622,000. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its position in Diamondback Energy by 27.3% during the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,950,160 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $311,792,000 after acquiring an additional 418,431 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Diamondback Energy by 1.7% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,325,287 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $3,204,894,000 after acquiring an additional 388,512 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.01% of the company’s stock.

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.