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Diamondback Energy, Inc.

Rising onWhy it's trendingX chatter picking upBacked by solid revenue growthPrice and volume picking up
$FANG·$58B·Oil & Gas Exploration & Production·Energy
$192.94-2.0%YTD+30.3%1Y+40.2%
Price updated 6m ago·X counts updated 5d ago
FAFANG
$FANGDiamondback Energy, Inc.
$192.94-2.03%90 posts1.1×
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On X

The complete picture of $FANG on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

90X posts · last 7 days
Aug 31Sep 13
Chatter Meter
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QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $FANG's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-10

Diamondback Energy posts anchor on a Q2 beat: adjusted EPS $6.48 versus $6.01, revenue up 51% year over year to $5.56B, free cash flow $2.3B and adjusted EBITDA $3.94B ahead of estimates. Management raised the FY26 oil production guide to 522+ MBO/d and posters flag the potential Viper acquisition idea as constructive shareholder capital-allocation.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $FANG — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-09-17

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Permian pure-play E&P up 36% YTD at 45% op margin — CEO Stice just sold $15.3M into strength.

Diamondback Energy is the Permian Basin pure-play E&P up 36% YTD and 41% over 12 months at 73% of 52w. CEO Stice sold $15.3M on Sep 11 into the run — biggest observable insider signal.

  • Economics are elite: Q2 revenue grew 52% YoY to $5.56B at 75% gross margin and 45% op margin — shallow Permian decline plus scale gives unusually strong unit economics.
  • Management raised FY26 oil production guide to 522+ MBO/d and adj EBITDA $3.94B — operational leverage showing up, Viper acquisition adds strategic overlay.
  • Stice's $15.3M sale Sep 11 is loud: officers rarely sell this size at 73% of 52w — aggressive trim into strength.

Nov 2: EPS above $4.90 and Viper/buyback commentary keeps acceleration; a Brent reversal or continued Stice-scale selling cools 73%-of-52w.

Agrees with X sentimentX is right that FANG's Q2 beat (adj EPS $6.48 vs $6.01) and raised production guide plus the Viper acquisition idea are real catalysts. Free cash flow $2.3B backs the tape. What the crowd is quieter on is CEO Stice's $15.3M sale on Sep 11 — that's the biggest observable insider signal at 73% of 52w.

What to watch: The Nov 2 Q3 print — EPS above $4.90 and Viper acquisition/buyback commentary. A Brent reversal or continued Stice-scale selling is what cools 73%-of-52w.

On the calendar: 2026-11-02 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

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

Permian Basin-focused oil and gas E&P with top-tier drilling economics, low break-even costs, and significant free cash flow generation.

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

Crude oil above $100 following Houthi seizure of a Red Sea port is the immediate geopolitical supply driver — WTI and Brent held bullish breakouts with analysts flagging value in beaten-down E&P names. LNG export demand is the secular tailwind for Appalachian gas producers; Permian consolidation is rationalizing costs and lifting FCF conversion.

What this means for $FANG

Direct beneficiary — Diamondback's top-tier Permian acreage with sub-$40 break-evens generates maximum FCF leverage at $100 WTI; capital discipline and Endeavor merger integration are the near-term execution focus for management.

Industry benchmark

27-name peer basket
+50.8%YTD
+40.6%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 $4.86

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 9 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$18.6B$17.5B – $19.8B$20.56$16.77 – $24.308
FY27$17.2B$15.9B – $19.5B$18.35$14.36 – $23.889
FY28$17.5B$16.6B – $19.0B$19.24$15.50 – $22.405
FY29$16.9B$15.6B – $19.0B$18.61$16.87 – $21.742
FY30$17.1B$15.8B – $19.3B$19.54$17.71 – $22.832

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.2.1×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.75%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.-1.1%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.+7.6%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 today2.3% 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

SellSep 16Sgf Fang Holdings, Lp10% owner9.1M sh$1.9BSellSep 15Matt ZmigroskyEVP, Chief Legal and Admin Off1.3K sh$282KSellSep 15Teresa L. DickEVP Accounting, Assist. Sec.5.0K sh$1.1MSellSep 11Travis D. SticeDirector75.0K sh$15.3MSellAug 21Plaumann Mark LawrenceDirector1.0K sh$211KSellAug 20Van't Hof Matthew KaesCEO10.0K sh$2.1MSellAug 20Daniel N WessonCOO7.5K sh$1.6MSellAug 14Matt ZmigroskyEVP, Chief Legal and Admin Off2.5K sh$507KSellAug 14Jere W ThompsonCFO500 sh$102KSellAug 11Van't Hof Matthew KaesCEO5.0K sh$1.0M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentSep 3SC 13D/A
AI summary

Diamondback Energy, Inc. filed Amendment No. 4 to its Schedule 13D for Viper Energy, Inc. (Class A Common Stock), disclosing current beneficial ownership of 145,972,177 shares (42.9% of outstanding). The amendment was triggered solely by an increase in Viper's outstanding share count, not by any purchase or sale by Diamondback or its affiliates (including Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P., which holds an additional 70,633,640 shares at 26.7%). No transactions in Viper securities occurred in the past 60 days. Administrative filing reflecting dilution of percentage stake due to Viper share issuances; no change in Diamondback's investment posture.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentAug 5SC 13D/A
AI summary

Diamondback Energy, Inc. filed Amendment No. 3 to its Schedule 13D on August 5, 2026, disclosing its consolidated beneficial ownership in subsidiary Viper Energy, Inc. as of August 3, 2026. Diamondback Energy directly holds 142,156,718 shares (42.2% of Viper Energy); its subsidiary Diamondback E&P LLC holds 8,066,528 shares (4.0%); and acquired entity Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. holds 69,626,640 shares (26.4%). The amendment reflects ownership updates following Diamondback's 2024 acquisition of Endeavor. This is a material ownership update confirming Diamondback's dominant ~42% controlling stake in Viper Energy across the combined entity.

8-KMaterial agreementJun 158-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

Diamondback Energy (FANG) entered into a seventeenth amendment to its credit agreement on June 12, 2026, with Wells Fargo Bank as administrative agent, extending the maturity from June 12, 2030 to June 12, 2031, increasing total commitments from $2.5 billion to $3.0 billion, and decreasing the applicable interest rate on loans and certain fees. The borrower is Diamondback E&P LLC, with Diamondback Energy, Inc. serving as parent guarantor. Diamondback is a Permian Basin-focused oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Midland, Texas. Many existing lenders under the Credit Agreement or their affiliates have provided and may continue to provide banking and advisory services to the Company.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentJun 5SC 13D/A
8-KOfficer or director changeMay 208-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMar 23SC 13D/A
+ 14 other (4 earnings 8-Ks · 3 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 routine 8-Ks) in window

Recent news

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

Diamondback Energy, Inc. $FANG Shares Purchased by Bank of America Corp DEdefenseworld.net·2d agoCorient Private Wealth LP Has $8.64 Million Stock Holdings in Diamondback Energy, Inc. $FANGdefenseworld.net·2d agoDiamondback Energy Inc (FANG) Stock Down 8.0% -- Now Undervalued? GF Score: 61/100gurufocus.com·2d ago15 stocks that have grown dividends the most — and nearly all have beaten the S&P 500marketwatch.com·2d agoSolitude Pipeline Announcement Benefits Both Devon And Diamondbackseekingalpha.com·2d ago

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