Q2 EPS Estimates for FANG Lifted by Capital One Financial

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) – Analysts at Capital One Financial lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Diamondback Energy in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 18th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now anticipates that the oil and natural gas company will post earnings of $3.91 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $3.74. The consensus estimate for Diamondback Energy’s current full-year earnings is $15.53 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Diamondback Energy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $3.92 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.99 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $15.54 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $14.24 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on the stock. Mizuho decreased their target price on shares of Diamondback Energy from $219.00 to $207.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, December 16th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy from $220.00 to $227.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. UBS Group increased their target price on shares of Diamondback Energy from $212.00 to $216.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on Diamondback Energy in a report on Monday, December 2nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $227.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Diamondback Energy from $218.00 to $219.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eighteen have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Diamondback Energy presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $216.52.

Diamondback Energy Stock Performance

Shares of FANG stock opened at $160.26 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $46.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.17, a PEG ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 1.86. Diamondback Energy has a fifty-two week low of $152.00 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 moving average price of $165.82 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $177.18.

Institutional Trading of Diamondback Energy

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in FANG. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Diamondback Energy by 1.3% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 11,858,555 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $2,044,415,000 after acquiring an additional 149,871 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in Diamondback Energy by 11.3% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 9,136,645 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $1,496,859,000 after purchasing an additional 928,429 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners increased its stake in Diamondback Energy by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Boston Partners now owns 5,169,742 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $849,202,000 after purchasing an additional 571,820 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Diamondback Energy by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,710,165 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $769,706,000 after buying an additional 91,605 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in shares of Diamondback Energy by 13.7% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 4,163,070 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $682,036,000 after buying an additional 502,916 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.01% of the company’s stock.

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.