FY2025 EPS Forecast for Diamondback Energy Raised by Analyst

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Diamondback Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, March 17th. Zacks Research analyst N. Choudhury now anticipates that the oil and natural gas company will post earnings per share of $13.89 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $13.79. 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 $3.87 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $3.57 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.69 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.72 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.70 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $14.68 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $15.58 EPS.

FANG has been the topic of several other research reports. Williams Trading set a $190.00 price objective on Diamondback Energy in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy from $220.00 to $227.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on Diamondback Energy from $219.00 to $215.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Piper Sandler cut their target price on Diamondback Energy from $252.00 to $232.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. Finally, Barclays decreased their price target on Diamondback Energy from $210.00 to $200.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Diamondback Energy presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $209.92.

Diamondback Energy Price Performance

FANG stock opened at $155.00 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $161.32 and a 200 day moving average price of $170.94. Diamondback Energy has a 12 month low of $137.09 and a 12 month high of $214.50. The company has a current ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. The stock has a market cap of $44.86 billion, a PE ratio of 8.87, a P/E/G ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.85.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last released its quarterly 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. The business had revenue of $3.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.55 billion. Diamondback Energy had a return on equity of 13.68% and a net margin of 33.64%.

Diamondback Energy Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 6th were paid a $1.00 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 6th. This is an increase from Diamondback Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.90. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.58%. Diamondback Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 25.32%.

Insider Transactions at Diamondback Energy

In other news, Director Frank D. Tsuru acquired 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $156.51 per share, for a total transaction of $313,020.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 5,730 shares in the company, valued at approximately $896,802.30. This trade represents a 53.62 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Diamondback Energy

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in FANG. Demars Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Diamondback Energy during the fourth quarter worth $638,050,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Diamondback Energy during the 4th quarter worth $298,327,000. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Diamondback Energy during the 4th quarter worth about $185,193,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its holdings in Diamondback Energy by 1,153.0% in the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,132,918 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $185,606,000 after buying an additional 1,042,505 shares during the period. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its position in Diamondback Energy by 11.3% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 9,136,645 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $1,496,859,000 after buying an additional 928,429 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.