Diamondback (FANG)
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Diamondback
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Rating:76Outperform
Price Target:
$219.00
â–²(17.45% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:04/07/26
The score is driven primarily by strong financial resilience (very conservative leverage and solid operating cash generation) and a constructive technical uptrend. These positives are tempered by weaker 2025 profitability and cyclicality/FCF volatility, plus a relatively elevated P/E for the sector; the earnings call adds support via inventory expansion and efficiency upside but with execution and gas-realization risks.
Positive Factors
Balance sheet strength
Exceptionally low leverage and a modest absolute debt load provide durable financial flexibility. This conservatism supports funding the Barnett buildout internally, opportunistic liability management (tenders), and sustaining shareholder returns across commodity cycles without forced external financing.
Negative Factors
Elevated Barnett well costs
Persistently higher unit costs in Barnett would materially reduce project returns versus core assets. Achieving the targeted cost decline requires sustained execution, multi‑pad scale and service improvements; failure to compress costs undermines long‑term capital efficiency and value accretion.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Balance sheet strength
Exceptionally low leverage and a modest absolute debt load provide durable financial flexibility. This conservatism supports funding the Barnett buildout internally, opportunistic liability management (tenders), and sustaining shareholder returns across commodity cycles without forced external financing.
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Diamondback (FANG) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$52.45B
Dividend Yield2.7%
Average Volume (3M)3.68M
Price to Earnings (P/E)26.1
Beta (1Y)0.60
Revenue Growth60.29%
EPS Growth-17.62%
CountryUS
Employees1,983
SectorEnergy
Sector Strength52
IndustryOil & Gas Exploration & Production
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)1.74
Shares Outstanding281,303,900
10 Day Avg. Volume3,007,595
30 Day Avg. Volume3,684,391
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-0.41
Price to Book (P/B)1.18
Price to Sales (P/S)2.89
P/FCF Ratio8.30
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.28
Enterprise Value/Revenue4.47
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit12.73
Enterprise Value/Ebitda9.35
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$214.38Price Target Upside14.97% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering26
EPS Forecast (FY)15.28
Revenue Forecast (FY)$15.96B
Diamondback Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Diamondback Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, exploration, and exploitation of unconventional and onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas. It focuses ...
How the Company Makes Money
Diamondback primarily makes money by producing and selling hydrocarbons—crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs—from its operated and non-operated wells, largely in the Permian Basin. Revenue is recognized from product sales to purchasers (e.g., marketer...
Diamondback Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Any
Production by Segment
Shows the output from different business areas, highlighting which segments drive growth and profitability, and indicating operational focus and efficiency.
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The FlyDiamondback Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Feb 23, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:May 04, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call skewed positive: management disclosed a meaningful organic resource expansion (Barnett) with strong early productivity metrics (substantial per-foot and EUR uplifts), material operational efficiency gains (continuous pumping, longer laterals) and promising early surfactant results that together point to upside in NAV and returns if costs and execution track targets. Key near-term risks include elevated Barnett unit costs today (with a clear roadmap to reduce them), increased gas exposure requiring marketing/realization solutions, modest OpEx headwinds, supply‑chain/tariff uncertainty, and noncash accounting-driven reserve/impairment impacts tied to lower commodity prices. Overall, the positives (resource, productivity, efficiency, pilot uplifts and inventory depth) noticeably outweigh the negatives, while the negatives are mostly execution, price- and accounting-related and are addressable over time.Positive Updates
Material Resource Expansion — Barnett Opportunity
Revealed a ~900 gross location Barnett position added organically to the portfolio; management allocated $150 million of the $3.75 billion 2026 budget to initial Barnett activity. Plan ramps: ~30 gross wells drilled in 2026 (with ~10 completions) and a significant step-up to ~100 gross wells in 2027.
Negative Updates
Barnett Unit Costs Currently Elevated
Barnett well costs are currently ~ $1,000/ft (target ~ $800/ft); materially higher than core Midland (~$510–$520/ft). Achieving the target cost reduction is required to make Barnett returns consistently competitive — execution and execution-led cost cuts remain a near-term challenge.
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Q4-2025 Updates
Positive
Negative
Material Resource Expansion — Barnett Opportunity
Revealed a ~900 gross location Barnett position added organically to the portfolio; management allocated $150 million of the $3.75 billion 2026 budget to initial Barnett activity. Plan ramps: ~30 gross wells drilled in 2026 (with ~10 completions) and a significant step-up to ~100 gross wells in 2027.
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Company Guidance
Diamondback guided a $3.75 billion 2026 capital plan (with ~$150 million initially allocated to the newly disclosed Barnett program), saying Barnett adds ~900 gross locations and will see roughly 30 gross wells drilled (≈10 turned to sales) in 2026, ramping to ~100 gross wells in 2027; Barnett delineation currently runs near $1,000/ft with a target to get to ~$800/ft (versus core Midland development at roughly $510–$520/ft), and Barnett productivity looks materially higher (≈36 MBOE per 1,000 ft 12‑month cum vs ~22 for core, ~75 BO/ft EUR vs ~50 BO/ft for core, ~67% oil mix over 12 months and initial GORs ~3,000), the company expects nearly two decades of inventory at 2026 activity levels, average lateral lengths rose ~600 ft y/y, completion efficiency is improving (continuous‑pumping fleets averaging ~4,500 ft/day with peaks >5,500), drills averaged >8 days spud‑to‑TD with some sub‑6‑day wells, surfactant pilots (60 treatments at ≈$0.5M each) have shown ~100 bbl/d average pops (some multi‑hundreds), LOE and GP&T guidance model a small uptick (power costs may add ~$0.10–$0.20/boe), PDP/PUD mix is ~70%/30%, and reserve/impairment movements were largely price‑driven (analysts noted ~130 MMbbl of price‑related revisions).Diamondback Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
72
Positive
Balance Sheet
88
Very Positive
Cash Flow
79
Positive
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 15.03B | 11.02B | 8.34B | 9.57B | 6.75B |
| Gross Profit | 5.28B | 4.97B | 4.80B | 6.70B | 4.27B |
| EBITDA | 7.16B | 7.64B | 6.17B | 7.23B | 4.37B |
| Net Income | 1.66B | 3.34B | 3.14B | 4.39B | 2.18B |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 71.06B | 67.29B | 29.00B | 26.21B | 22.90B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 106.00M | 161.00M | 582.00M | 157.00M | 654.00M |
| Total Debt | 14.49B | 12.43B | 6.80B | 6.38B | 6.77B |
| Total Liabilities | 28.09B | 27.43B | 11.57B | 10.52B | 9.65B |
| Stockholders Equity | 36.97B | 37.74B | 16.63B | 15.01B | 12.09B |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | 5.24B | -5.37B | 1.21B | 2.71B | 1.67B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 8.76B | 6.41B | 5.92B | 6.33B | 3.94B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -7.81B | -11.22B | -3.32B | -3.33B | -1.54B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -1.01B | 4.39B | -2.18B | -3.50B | -1.84B |
Diamondback Technical Analysis
Neutral
186.47
Price Trends
178.11
Positive
163.99
Positive
152.11
Positive
Market Momentum
4.68
Positive
48.43
Neutral
41.32
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For FANG, the sentiment is Neutral. The current price of 186.47 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 191.21, above the 50-day MA of 178.11, and above the 200-day MA of 152.11, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of 4.68 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 48.43 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 41.32 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Neutral sentiment for FANG.
Diamondback Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (65)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
79 Outperform | $74.60B | 11.37 | 16.76% | 3.79% | -5.15% | -19.06% | |
77 Outperform | $25.41B | 11.67 | 11.77% | 3.39% | 26.13% | 31.42% | |
77 Outperform | $37.60B | 16.42 | 9.16% | 1.17% | 64.84% | 219.47% | |
76 Outperform | $52.45B | 26.12 | 4.34% | 2.70% | 60.29% | -17.62% | |
75 Outperform | $29.77B | 10.12 | 17.47% | 2.64% | 11.14% | -21.32% | |
73 Outperform | $58.95B | 16.93 | 6.43% | 2.39% | -2.48% | -65.26% | |
65 Neutral | $15.17B | 7.61 | 4.09% | 5.20% | 3.87% | -62.32% |
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Diamondback Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and Financing
Diamondback Energy Launches Tender Offers for Long-Term Notes
Positive
Apr 6, 2026
On April 6, 2026, Diamondback Energy, Inc. announced it had launched cash tender offers to purchase any and all of its outstanding 4.400% Senior Notes due 2051 and 4.250% Senior Notes due 2052, which together represent nearly $1 billion in aggrega...
Private Placements and FinancingRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Diamondback completes sizable secondary stock offering by holder
Neutral
Mar 12, 2026
On March 10, 2026, Diamondback Energy, Inc. entered into an underwriting agreement with SGF FANG Holdings, LP and a syndicate led by Evercore Group L.L.C., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC for a secondary public offerin...
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