Roth Capital Has Negative Outlook for FANG Q1 Earnings

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Analysts at Roth Capital lowered their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Diamondback Energy in a research note issued on Tuesday, February 25th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now expects that the oil and natural gas company will post earnings per share of $3.64 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $4.03. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy’s current full-year earnings is $15.49 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Diamondback Energy’s Q2 2026 earnings at $3.46 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.62 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $3.82 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently commented on FANG. Raymond James raised their price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy from $237.00 to $256.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Diamondback Energy from $220.00 to $227.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 19th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy from $218.00 to $219.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. UBS Group raised their target price on Diamondback Energy from $212.00 to $216.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, Wolfe Research raised Diamondback Energy from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $190.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $216.09.

Diamondback Energy Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of FANG stock opened at $152.43 on Wednesday. Diamondback Energy has a fifty-two week low of $151.00 and a fifty-two week high of $214.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.42 and a current ratio of 0.45. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $165.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $175.77. The company has a market cap of $44.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.73, a PEG ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.86.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The oil and natural gas company reported $3.64 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.57 by $0.07. Diamondback Energy had a net margin of 33.64% and a return on equity of 13.68%. The business had revenue of $3.71 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.55 billion.

Diamondback Energy Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $1.00 per share. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.62%. This is an increase from Diamondback Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.90. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. Diamondback Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.32%.

Institutional Trading of Diamondback Energy

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Wintrust Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Diamondback Energy during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. R Squared Ltd bought a new stake in Diamondback Energy in the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. UMB Bank n.a. boosted its stake in Diamondback Energy by 247.3% in the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 191 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 136 shares during the last quarter. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Diamondback Energy during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, Key Financial Inc increased its stake in shares of Diamondback Energy by 940.0% during the 4th quarter. Key Financial Inc now owns 208 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 188 shares during the last quarter. 90.01% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.