Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for FANG Q1 Earnings

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Roth Capital dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Diamondback Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, February 25th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now forecasts that the oil and natural gas company will post earnings per share of $3.40 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $3.79. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy’s current full-year earnings is $15.49 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Diamondback Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $3.19 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.45 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.84 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $13.88 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $14.54 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on Diamondback Energy from $220.00 to $227.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 19th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Diamondback Energy from $218.00 to $219.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Piper Sandler decreased their target price on Diamondback Energy from $252.00 to $232.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Raymond James boosted their price target on Diamondback Energy from $237.00 to $256.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Mizuho upped their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $201.00 to $204.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $216.09.

Diamondback Energy Stock Performance

Shares of FANG stock opened at $152.43 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $165.28 and a 200 day moving average price of $175.77. The stock has a market cap of $44.51 billion, a PE ratio of 8.73, a P/E/G ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.86. Diamondback Energy has a 1 year low of $151.00 and a 1 year high of $214.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 0.45.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The oil and natural gas company reported $3.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.57 by $0.07. Diamondback Energy had a return on equity of 13.68% and a net margin of 33.64%. The company had revenue of $3.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.55 billion.

Institutional Trading of Diamondback Energy

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 6.0% in the 3rd quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 54,813 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $9,450,000 after buying an additional 3,127 shares during the last quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in Diamondback Energy by 21.1% during the 3rd quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 12,368 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $2,238,000 after buying an additional 2,152 shares during the period. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 111.1% in the 3rd quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 2,263 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $390,000 after purchasing an additional 1,191 shares during the period. Adell Harriman & Carpenter Inc. lifted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 29.1% in the 3rd quarter. Adell Harriman & Carpenter Inc. now owns 6,207 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $1,070,000 after purchasing an additional 1,400 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Direct Indexing L.P. increased its stake in shares of Diamondback Energy by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. First Trust Direct Indexing L.P. now owns 5,720 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $986,000 after acquiring an additional 141 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.01% of the company’s stock.

Diamondback Energy Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 6th will be paid a $1.00 dividend. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.62%. This is a boost from Diamondback Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.90. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. Diamondback Energy’s payout ratio is presently 25.32%.

About Diamondback Energy

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.