Capital One Financial Has Weak Forecast for FANG Q2 Earnings

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Capital One Financial lowered their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Diamondback Energy in a research note issued on Tuesday, May 13th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now forecasts that the oil and natural gas company will post earnings of $3.22 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $3.73. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy’s current full-year earnings is $15.49 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Diamondback Energy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $3.77 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.94 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $15.49 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $12.82 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $12.76 EPS.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last issued its earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The oil and natural gas company reported $4.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.67 by $0.87. The company had revenue of $4.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.58 billion. Diamondback Energy had a net margin of 33.64% and a return on equity of 13.68%. Diamondback Energy’s quarterly revenue was up 81.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $4.50 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on FANG. Bank of America raised Diamondback Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $202.00 to $170.00 in a research report on Tuesday, April 29th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Diamondback Energy in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy from $215.00 to $207.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Evercore ISI began coverage on Diamondback Energy in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $165.00 target price on the stock. Finally, UBS Group reduced their target price on shares of Diamondback Energy from $175.00 to $163.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $194.09.

Diamondback Energy Price Performance

FANG stock opened at $144.82 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $141.29 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $158.61. Diamondback Energy has a 52 week low of $114.00 and a 52 week high of $214.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 0.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.06.

Diamondback Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a dividend of $1.00 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.76%. Diamondback Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 24.46%.

Insider Activity at Diamondback Energy

In other news, Director Frank D. Tsuru acquired 2,000 shares of Diamondback Energy stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 28th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $156.51 per share, with a total value of $313,020.00. Following the purchase, the director now directly owns 5,730 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $896,802.30. This trade represents a 53.62% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, President Hof Matthew Kaes Van’t sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.69, for a total value of $1,426,900.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the president now directly owns 120,645 shares in the company, valued at $17,214,835.05. This trade represents a 7.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its holdings 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 worth $1,496,859,000 after purchasing an additional 928,429 shares during the period. Boston Partners boosted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 4.8% during the 1st quarter. Boston Partners now owns 5,418,840 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $861,961,000 after purchasing an additional 249,098 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,710,165 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $769,706,000 after buying an additional 91,605 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 2.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 4,257,247 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $680,649,000 after acquiring an additional 94,177 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Demars Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Diamondback Energy by 5.3% during the 1st quarter. Demars Financial Group LLC now owns 4,102,785 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $655,953,000 after acquiring an additional 208,200 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.01% of the company’s stock.

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.