Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) Receives “Neutral” Rating from Roth Mkm

Roth Mkm restated their neutral rating on shares of Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) in a research report report published on Wednesday morning, Marketbeat.com reports. They currently have a $200.00 price target on the oil and natural gas company’s stock, up from their prior price target of $180.00.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on FANG. Wall Street Zen cut Diamondback Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 27th. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $205.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 17th. Truist Financial started coverage on Diamondback Energy in a research note on Tuesday, March 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $222.00 price objective on the stock. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $194.00 to $216.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating and issued a $173.00 price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy in a research note on Monday, January 19th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Diamondback Energy has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $202.57.

Diamondback Energy Trading Down 4.6%

Shares of Diamondback Energy stock opened at $186.47 on Wednesday. Diamondback Energy has a 52-week low of $114.00 and a 52-week high of $204.91. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $179.51 and its 200 day simple moving average is $159.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $52.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.24 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a current ratio of 0.42.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 23rd. The oil and natural gas company reported $1.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by ($0.26). Diamondback Energy had a net margin of 11.07% and a return on equity of 8.08%. The firm had revenue of $3.38 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.41 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.67 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was down 9.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Diamondback Energy will post 15.49 EPS for the current year.

Diamondback Energy Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 5th were given a dividend of $1.05 per share. This is a boost from Diamondback Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.00. This represents a $4.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 5th. Diamondback Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 74.87%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Matt Zmigrosky sold 4,101 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $190.51, for a total transaction of $781,281.51. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 56,392 shares in the company, valued at $10,743,239.92. This represents a 6.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Jere W. Thompson III sold 750 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.47, for a total value of $136,852.50. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 19,975 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,644,838.25. This represents a 3.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,217,069 shares of company stock valued at $201,213,109. 0.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Boston Partners grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 2.9% during the third quarter. Boston Partners now owns 5,733,538 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $821,649,000 after purchasing an additional 163,548 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,621,120 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $844,073,000 after purchasing an additional 14,625 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 11.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 5,159,365 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $775,607,000 after purchasing an additional 532,756 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 14.1% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 4,332,885 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $651,363,000 after purchasing an additional 534,073 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 3.2% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,828,941 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $575,605,000 after purchasing an additional 117,798 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.01% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Diamondback Energy

Here are the key news stories impacting Diamondback Energy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Key analyst upgrades and higher targets — KeyCorp/KeyBanc and other research notes raised EPS forecasts and pushed price targets (one $225 target highlighted), reflecting a more constructive view on oil-market dynamics and Diamondback’s cash flow profile. A $225 PT for Diamondback Energy Suggests Opportunity
• Positive Sentiment: Tender offers to manage long-term notes — The company launched tender offers for certain long-term debt, which can be viewed as proactive liability management and may reduce refinancing risk if executed favorably. Diamondback Energy Launches Tender Offers for Long-Term Notes
• Neutral Sentiment: Roth MKM reaffirmed a neutral rating but lifted its $ target to $200 — a modest vote of confidence but not a bullish rating change. Benzinga Coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider sale disclosed — A director sold shares under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan (large-dollar sale but plan-driven), typically treated as neutral unless followed by more sales. SEC Form 4 Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Crude oil collapse after conditional Iran ceasefire — Headlines show WTI/Brent fell sharply as geopolitical risk eased, triggering broad weakness in oil names and weighing on FANG today. US Equity Indexes Surge, Crude Oil Plummets
• Negative Sentiment: Sector-wide selloff in major integrateds — Coverage notes Exxon, Chevron and peers fell sharply on the same news, signaling a broad re-pricing of energy risk that dragged down midstream/exploration names like Diamondback. Exxon Mobil Stock Is Falling. Why Energy Is Going From Record Gains to a Major Slump.
• Negative Sentiment: Headline coverage of today’s drop — Media pieces flag FANG’s decline alongside the market, reinforcing short-term negative sentiment and volume-led selling pressure. Diamondback Energy (FANG) Stock Sinks As Market Gains

About Diamondback Energy

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.