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Diamondback Energy, Inc.

$FANG·$54B·Oil & Gas Exploration & Production·Energy
$191.87-3.5%YTD+27.0%1Y+29.8%
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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Diamondback Energy, Inc. operates as an independent enterprise focused on oil and natural gas. Its core business involves the acquisition, development, exploration, and production of unconventional and onshore hydrocarbon reserves, predominantly located within the Permian Basin across West Texas and New Mexico. The company's development efforts primarily target significant geological formations, including the Spraberry and Wolfcamp in the Midland Basin, as well as the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring within the Delaware Basin – both crucial components of the broader Permian. As of December 31, 2021, Diamondback Energy's asset base included approximately 524,700 gross acres under its control in the Permian Basin. At that time, its estimated proved oil and natural gas reserves amounted to 1,788,991 thousand barrels of crude oil equivalent. The company also maintained working interests in 5,289 gross producing wells and held royalty interests in an additional 6,455 wells. Beyond its direct well operations, Diamondback Energy possesses mineral interests spanning roughly 930,871 gross acres and 27,027 net royalty acres across the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford Shale. Furthermore, it manages a portfolio of midstream infrastructure, owning, operating, developing, and acquiring assets such as 866 miles of crude oil gathering pipelines, natural gas gathering pipelines, and an integrated water system within the Midland and Delaware Basins of the Permian. Established in 2007, Diamondback Energy, Inc. is headquartered in Midland, Texas.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Oil & Gas Exploration & Production sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $FANG.

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

No material change from last week — an outcome that compresses the upside price optionality that E&Ps have been pricing.

Industry benchmark

23-name peer basket
+40.2%YTD
+33.4%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
37.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
5.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
27.7%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
12.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
4.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
54.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 3, 2026$6.48$6.08+6.6%
Q1 2026May 4, 2026$4.23$3.74+13.1%
Q4 2025Feb 23, 2026$1.74$2.00-13.0%
Q3 2025Nov 3, 2025$3.08$2.94+4.8%
Next earningsMon, Nov 2·consensus EPS $4.20

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$5.6B+52.3%75.0%45.2%$6.65$2.6B
Q1 FY26$4.2B+5.2%68.7%2.7%$0.08$895.0M
Q4 FY25$3.4B-8.7%24.3%25.8%$-5.11$1.4B
Q3 FY25$3.9B+48.9%34.6%31.5%$3.50$1.6B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 7 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$17.6B$16.1B – $19.3B$18.81$15.95 – $22.006
FY27$16.6B$15.2B – $18.9B$16.70$14.09 – $20.487
FY28$17.1B$15.9B – $18.4B$17.87$13.18 – $25.634
FY29$16.2B$15.0B – $18.0B$17.15$15.48 – $19.633
FY30$16.2B$15.0B – $18.0B$16.88$15.23 – $19.313

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.2.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.72%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+0.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+10.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 205.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.415-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 3Meloy Charles AlvinDirector33.3K sh$6.6MSellJun 16Meloy Charles AlvinDirector83.3K sh$15.6MSellJun 9Plaumann Mark LawrenceDirector500 sh$98KSellJun 4Teresa L. DickCAO, Exec. VP, Assist. Sec.5.0K sh$1.0MSellJun 4Sgf Fang Holdings, Lp10% owner10.0M sh$2.0BSellJun 3Van't Hof Matthew KaesCEO15.0K sh$3.1MSellJun 3Matt ZmigroskyEVP, Chief Legal and Admin Off5.0K sh$1.1MSellJun 2Teresa L. DickCAO, Exec. VP, Assist. Sec.7.0K sh$1.4MSellJun 1Matt ZmigroskyEVP, Chief Legal and Admin Off5.0K sh$1.0MSellMay 19Teresa L. DickCAO, Exec. VP, Assist. Sec.5.0K sh$1.0M
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Diamondback Energy Inc (FANG) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Growth and Operational Excellence Drive Valuegurufocus.com·11h agoDiamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·13h agoDiamondback Energy Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·16h agoDiamondback Energy Reveals Brutal Truth: High Oil Prices Are Here to Stay247wallst.com·19h agoCompared to Estimates, Diamondback (FANG) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metricszacks.com·1d ago

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