Roth Capital Issues Optimistic Estimate for FANG Earnings

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Diamondback Energy in a research note issued on Tuesday, February 18th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now forecasts that the oil and natural gas company will post earnings of $3.54 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $3.45. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy’s current full-year earnings is $15.53 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Diamondback Energy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $3.84 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $4.26 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $15.43 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $4.03 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.77 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.94 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $4.20 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $15.94 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $210.00 target price on shares of Diamondback Energy in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Diamondback Energy from $212.00 to $216.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy from $220.00 to $227.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $195.00 price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy from $191.00 to $195.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $216.52.

Diamondback Energy Trading Up 2.2 %

NASDAQ FANG opened at $160.26 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $46.79 billion, a PE ratio of 9.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 1.86. Diamondback Energy has a 52 week low of $152.00 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 company has a 50 day moving average price of $165.82 and a 200 day moving average price of $177.18.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Diamondback Energy

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of FANG. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Diamondback Energy in the third quarter valued at about $87,000. Creative Planning grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 3.0% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 34,391 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $5,929,000 after purchasing an additional 1,004 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 10.7% in the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 4,405 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $759,000 after purchasing an additional 427 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 25.1% in the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,068 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $529,000 after purchasing an additional 616 shares during the period. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its holdings in shares of Diamondback Energy by 1.6% in the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 151,211 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $26,069,000 after purchasing an additional 2,327 shares during the period. 90.01% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.