Research Analysts Offer Predictions for FANG FY2025 Earnings

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research increased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Diamondback Energy in a report released on Wednesday, December 31st. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the oil and natural gas company will earn $12.23 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $12.19. 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 $1.94 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $2.25 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $183.00 price target on shares of Diamondback Energy in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy from $222.00 to $219.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. UBS Group increased their target price on Diamondback Energy from $174.00 to $194.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Evercore ISI raised their price target on Diamondback Energy from $165.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Diamondback Energy in a research report on Monday, December 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $188.70.

Diamondback Energy Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FANG opened at $152.34 on Monday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $149.08 and its two-hundred day moving average is $144.88. Diamondback Energy has a 1-year low of $114.00 and a 1-year high of $180.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 0.62 and a quick ratio of 0.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $43.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.59 and a beta of 0.59.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 3rd. The oil and natural gas company reported $3.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.94 by $0.14. Diamondback Energy had a net margin of 27.32% and a return on equity of 9.57%. The firm had revenue of $3.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.48 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.19 earnings per share. Diamondback Energy’s quarterly revenue was up 48.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Trading of Diamondback Energy

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Woodmont Investment Counsel LLC increased its position in Diamondback Energy by 1,123.0% in the 2nd quarter. Woodmont Investment Counsel LLC now owns 43,515 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $5,979,000 after acquiring an additional 39,957 shares in the last quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 181.6% during the second quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 3,551 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $488,000 after purchasing an additional 2,290 shares in the last quarter. Shell Asset Management Co. grew its stake in shares of Diamondback Energy by 22.9% during the second quarter. Shell Asset Management Co. now owns 12,998 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $1,786,000 after purchasing an additional 2,423 shares during the last quarter. Vantage Investment Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Diamondback Energy by 4.4% during the second quarter. Vantage Investment Partners LLC now owns 83,184 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $11,429,000 after purchasing an additional 3,476 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB increased its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 3.9% in the second quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 207,823 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $28,555,000 after purchasing an additional 7,732 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.01% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Charles Alvin Meloy sold 377,911 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $138.61, for a total transaction of $52,382,243.71. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 1,044,864 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $144,828,599.04. This represents a 26.56% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Diamondback Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 13th were given a $1.00 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 13th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.6%. Diamondback Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 27.80%.

Diamondback Energy Company Profile

Diamondback Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: FANG) is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the development, exploration and production of unconventional resources in the Permian Basin. Headquartered in Midland, Texas, the company concentrates its operations in the core Midland and Delaware sub‑basins of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, where it pursues contiguous acreage positions to support repeatable drilling programs.

Diamondback’s activities span the upstream value chain, including leasehold acquisition, well planning, drilling, completion and production optimization.