Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Diamondback Energy, Inc. FANG

$184.71 -0.43% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $51.96B

High quality

Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $5.12, down 63.6% year over year.
  2. Operating margin narrowed to 27.7% from 35.2% a year earlier.
  3. The shares trade at 36.1× trailing earnings, higher than 85% of the company's own readings over the past five years.

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.

Growth66Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 26%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 21%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 16%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 45%
Quality86Strong

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

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 45%
  • Gross marginTop 33%
  • Operating marginTop 26%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 14%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 23%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 45%
  • Interest coverTop 11%
Value43Weak

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

  • Earnings yieldBottom 40%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 13%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 48%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 29%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 19%
Momentum63Neutral

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 34%
  • 6-month returnTop 46%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 35%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 39%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Revisions81Strong

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 42%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 31%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 50%
Stability66Positive

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 40%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 37%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 36%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 45%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)18.3%22.0%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-94.8%-63.6%↑
Gross margin40.3%44.5%↑
Operating margin35.2%27.7%↓
FCF margin-60.2%38.0%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)22.0%18.3%↑Top 26%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-63.6%-94.8%↑Bottom 21%
Gross margin44.5%40.3%↑Top 33%
Operating margin27.7%35.2%↓Top 26%
Net margin9.3%27.4%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin38.0%-60.2%↑—
Return on invested capital5.9%—Bottom 45%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR16.2%—Top 16%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-12.2%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.1%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+3.8 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
1.71×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
17.7×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.27%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
2.63%
Shareholder yield
4.90%
Share count change, 1 year
-3.7%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+16.0%

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
2
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+2.9%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.4%
Positive 20 days after report
6 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$231.77
Target vs current price
+25.5%
Analysts with a rating
53
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
91%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 3, 2026+6.6%-2.1%-7.3%-2.6%—
May 4, 2026+13.1%+2.9%-9.1%-4.2%-4.1%
Feb 23, 2026-13.0%-1.2%-1.1%+9.4%+16.8%
Nov 3, 2025+4.8%-1.3%+0.3%+9.1%+13.9%
Aug 4, 2025-3.3%+1.1%-2.8%+1.8%-1.2%
May 5, 2025+8.6%-2.7%+0.8%+0.6%+10.4%
Feb 25, 2025+2.0%-2.1%-4.7%+3.7%-10.9%
Nov 4, 2024-15.1%+2.2%+3.5%+0.0%-6.5%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 3, 2026$6.48$6.08+6.6%$4.82B
May 4, 2026$4.23$3.74+13.1%$4.24B
Feb 23, 2026$1.74$2.00-13.0%$3.03B
Nov 3, 2025$3.08$2.94+4.8%$3.92B
Aug 4, 2025$2.67$2.76-3.3%$3.65B
May 5, 2025$4.54$4.18+8.6%$4.03B
Feb 25, 2025$3.64$3.57+2.0%$3.70B
Nov 4, 2024$3.38$3.98-15.1%$2.65B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)36.1×9.8×85thBottom 40%
P/E (forward)8.8×———
EV / EBITDA9.0×——Top 48%
EV / Sales3.75×——Bottom 29%
Free-cash-flow yield12.50%——Top 13%
Earnings yield2.77%——Bottom 40%

P/E over the past five years

Range 5.3× – 229.5× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+28.7%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-63.6%
Change in P/E multiple
+254.4%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

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
2
50-day average slope (20 days)
+1.4%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+2.2%
Distance from 50-day average
-6.5%
Distance from 200-day average
+0.0%
RSI (14)
38.3
Relative volume
0.66×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
35.3%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
56th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.33
Correlation with S&P 500
0.14
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-13.6%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-43.5%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jul 17, 2024Apr 8, 2025-43.5%182 days268 days (May 4, 2026)
Jun 7, 2022Jul 14, 2022-33.5%25 days80 days (Nov 4, 2022)
Jul 1, 2021Aug 19, 2021-31.9%34 days31 days (Oct 4, 2021)
Nov 15, 2022Mar 15, 2023-26.5%81 days148 days (Oct 16, 2023)
Sep 28, 2020Oct 28, 2020-21.9%22 days8 days (Nov 9, 2020)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$51.96B
P/E (TTM)
36.1
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$5.12
Revenue (TTM)
$17.10B
Dividend yield
2.30%
52-week range
$137.03 – $216.90
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$6.75B$9.57B$8.34B$11.02B$15.03B
Gross profit$4.27B$6.70B$4.80B$4.97B$5.28B
Operating income$4.00B$6.51B$4.57B$4.40B$4.92B
Net income$2.18B$4.39B$3.14B$3.34B$1.66B
EPS (diluted)$12.30$24.61$17.34$15.53$5.73
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$2.64B$3.70B$4.03B$3.65B$3.92B$3.38B$4.24B$5.56B
Net income$659.0M$1.07B$1.41B$699.0M$1.02B-$1.46B$144.0M$1.88B
EPS (diluted)$3.19$3.67$4.83$2.38$3.50-$5.11$0.08$6.65
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$3.94B$6.33B$5.92B$6.41B$8.76B
Capital expenditure-$2.27B-$3.61B-$4.71B-$11.79B-$3.52B
Free cash flow$1.67B$2.71B$1.21B-$5.37B$5.24B
Dividends paid-$312.0M-$1.57B-$1.44B-$1.58B-$1.16B
Net share buybacks-$525.0M-$1.25B-$935.0M-$483.0M-$778.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$462.0M
Total assets
$70.22B
Total liabilities
$26.23B
Total debt
$12.61B
Net debt
$12.15B
Shareholders’ equity
$37.90B

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

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 13, 2026$1.10Aug 20, 2026
May 14, 2026$1.10May 21, 2026
Mar 5, 2026$1.05Mar 12, 2026
Nov 13, 2025$1.00Nov 20, 2025
Aug 14, 2025$1.00Aug 21, 2025
May 15, 2025$1.00May 22, 2025
Mar 6, 2025$1.00Mar 13, 2025
Nov 14, 2024$0.90Nov 21, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
7,630,501
Days to cover
4.09
Change vs previous report
-7.0%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.