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Diversified Energy Company PLC DEC

$13.42 -0.07% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $970.6M

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Three things to know

  1. The diluted share count rose 57.1% in a year.
  2. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
  3. The stock is 27% below its highest close of the past year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth—Not enough data

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 36%
Quality—Not enough data

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 34%
Value—Not enough data

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

Momentum22Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 30%
  • 6-month returnBottom 22%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 26%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 33%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions53Neutral

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 7%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 2%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 10%
Stability79Positive

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 28%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 44%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 31%

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Return on invested capital9.6%—Top 34%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-5.7%—Bottom 36%

Shareholder returns

Share count change, 1 year
+57.1%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+30.8%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
2 of 6
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+2.4%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$24.33
Target vs current price
+81.3%
Analysts with a rating
6
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
100%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026-241.6%-2.3%+9.3%+14.6%—
May 6, 2026+1.5%-6.2%-3.0%-14.1%-17.7%
Aug 11, 2025+0.0%+6.9%+3.7%+2.1%-13.2%
Mar 17, 2025-260.6%+9.3%+11.1%-6.4%+22.5%
Nov 12, 2024-53.6%+0.1%+17.3%+20.5%+29.5%
Aug 29, 2024+9233.3%+2.1%-9.9%-10.1%+29.5%
Sep 1, 2023—+1.8%-3.5%-10.6%-20.4%
Mar 21, 2023—+7.1%+4.5%+4.5%+5.4%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026-$0.29$0.20-241.6%$520.9M
May 6, 2026$2.05$2.02+1.5%$556.2M
Aug 11, 2025-$0.19-$0.19+0.0%$778.0M
Mar 17, 2025-$2.12$1.32-260.6%$446.2M
Nov 12, 2024$0.32$0.69-53.6%$368.7M
Aug 29, 2024$2.74-$0.03+9233.3%$381.0M
Sep 1, 2023$13.40——$487.3M
Mar 21, 2023$6.41——$945.9M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (forward)4.5×———

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
+2.1%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-0.5%
Distance from 50-day average
-5.4%
Distance from 200-day average
-6.8%
RSI (14)
35.5
Relative volume
0.55×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
30.4%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
1th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.27
Correlation with S&P 500
0.10
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-26.7%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-47.4%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Nov 3, 2020Apr 8, 2025-72.0%1098 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 27, 2020Oct 29, 2020-13.5%2 days3 days (Nov 3, 2020)
Sep 2, 2020Sep 25, 2020-11.3%9 days7 days (Oct 15, 2020)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$970.6M
Dividend yield
10.80%
52-week range
$12.33 – $18.90
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$977.0M$1.92B$868.3M$794.8M$1.61B
Gross profit$515.3M$1.25B$203.2M$109.5M$411.6M
Operating income-$467.1M-$671.4M$1.16B-$43.0M$244.0M
Net income-$325.2M-$625.4M$758.0M-$88.3M$341.9M
EPS (diluted)-$8.20-$14.82$15.95-$1.86$4.58
Q4 2022Q2 2023Q4 2023Q2 2024Q4 2024Q2 2025Q4 2025Q2 2026
Revenue$945.9M$456.0M$350.8M$348.7M$446.2M$738.3M$873.1M$811.9M
Net income$312.0M$630.0M$128.0M$15.1M-$103.3M-$34.5M$376.4M$246.9M
EPS (diluted)$6.41$10.89$2.74$0.32-$2.11-$0.50$5.08$3.31
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$320.2M$387.8M$410.1M$345.7M$464.6M
Capital expenditure-$50.2M-$86.1M-$74.3M-$52.1M-$184.6M
Free cash flow$270.0M$301.7M$335.9M$293.6M$280.0M
Dividends paid-$130.2M-$143.5M-$168.0M-$83.9M-$85.0M
Net share buybacks$211.0M-$34.6M$145.7M-$21.1M$18.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$8.2M
Total assets
$6.11B
Total liabilities
$5.15B
Total debt
$2.96B
Net debt
$2.95B
Shareholders’ equity
$950.7M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Dec 2, 2026$0.29Dec 31, 2026
Aug 28, 2026$0.29Sep 30, 2026
May 29, 2026$0.29Jun 30, 2026
Feb 27, 2026$0.29Mar 31, 2026
Dec 1, 2025$0.29Dec 31, 2025
Aug 28, 2025$0.29Sep 30, 2025
May 30, 2025$0.29Jun 30, 2025
Feb 28, 2025$0.29Mar 31, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
7,397,057
Days to cover
9.48
Change vs previous report
+15.4%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Dec 5, 2023
1-for-20