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Updated: Aug 17, 2026
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Diamondback Energy

NASDAQ:FANG·Stock Analysis Report
Day Range
$209.15 - $212.96
Market Cap
57.77B
P/E Ratio
38.5657
Avg Value
$174.41
Year Range
$134.30 - $214.51
$210.86-$0.16 (-0.08%)
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General Information
Diamondback is a crude oil and natural gas exploration and production firm whose operations represent a pure-play in the US Permian Basin.

The company went public in 2012 and has established itself as a top-tier independent producer through disciplined acquisition and operational excellence. The company's most transformational transaction occurred in September 2024 with the completion of its $26 billion merger with Endeavor Energy Resources, which added around 470,000 net acres and doubled Diamondback's total acreage position. Diamondback boasts an enviable position in the Midland sub-basin, with some of the lowest unit costs among its Permian peers.

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Diamondback Energy (FANG) Stock Graph
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How We Grade Diamondback Energy (FANG)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Diamondback Energy (FANG) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

43.06

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

71.77

Value is a percentile-ranked composite metric that evaluates a stock's relative worth by comparing its market price to fundamental measures of the company's assets, earnings, sales, and operating performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

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Peer Ratings

See how Diamondback Energy compares to its peers in these key performance metrics from Benzinga Rankings.

Top Peers
Value
Quality
Growth
Momentum
Short
Medium
Long
DVNDevon Energy
89.39
N/A
73.54
78.75
WDSWoodside Energy Group
78.17
N/A
21.42
83.34
EOGEOG Resources
79.5
N/A
61.15
78.75
VGVenture Global
75.46
N/A
N/A
79.67
Short: price trend over the last couple of months
Medium: price trend over the last couple of quarters
Long: price trend over the past year
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Future Growth
Our estimate of future price growth is based on an aggregation of 13 analyst ratings over the past 3 months and their 12-month price targets.

Below, you can see that analysts are estimating a 12-month price target range of $216.00 - $263.00 with an average of $233.00

12.95%
Expected movement for Diamondback Energy (FANG) over the next 12 months
Based on these rankings

Recent Ratings for Diamondback Energy (FANG)

Barclays
Date:
Aug 17, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$232.00
New Target:
$221.00
Citigroup
Date:
Aug 10, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$221.00
New Target:
$220.00
Truist Securities
Date:
Aug 5, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$220.00
New Target:
$224.00
Wells Fargo
Date:
Aug 5, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$262.00
New Target:
$263.00
UBS
Date:
Jul 21, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$246.00
New Target:
$243.00
Susquehanna
Date:
Jul 21, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$245.00
New Target:
$255.00
Citigroup
Date:
Jul 20, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$245.00
New Target:
$221.00
Truist Securities
Date:
Jul 16, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$242.00
New Target:
$220.00
Morgan Stanley
Date:
Jun 29, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$229.00
New Target:
$216.00
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Valuation

Earnings History (3 years)

It is important to look at a companies earnings history to see not only if they are profitable, but if their earnings are growing.
As you can see from the chart above, FANG's earnings have decreased for the past three years, this is a negative sign for the stock.
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Financial Health
What is the current state of the company's financial situation?

We measure the health of a company based on how profitable they are and their ability to cover both their short-term and long-term debts. The key indicators that we use are the Operating Margin, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-Equity ratio relative to the companies peers

Operational Margin 0.4547

The operating margin measures how much profit a company makes after it spends money on wages, materials or other administrative expenses but before interest and taxes. It is a good representation of how efficiently a company is able to generate profit from its core operations.

Quick Ratio 0.4213

The quick ratio measures how much of a company's debt, that is due in less than 1 year, can be covered using its cash equivalents, marketable securities, and money that is currently owed to them (accounts receivables).

A company with a quick ratio of less than 1.00 does not, in many cases, have the capital on hand to meet its short-term obligations if they were all due at once, while a quick ratio greater than one indicates the company has the financial resources to remain solvent in the short term.

Debt-to-Equity 0.6922

Debt-to-equity is calculated by dividing a company's total liabilities by its shareholders equity. It is a measure of the degree to which a company is financing its operations through debt versus wholly owned funds. Generally speaking, a D/E ratio below 1.0 would be seen as relatively safe, whereas ratios of 2.0 or higher would be considered risky.

The chart above shows Diamondback Energy (FANG) operating margin, quick ratio, and debt-to-equity ratio compared to its peers. The black markers represent the peer averages for each ratio and the blue bars represent Diamondback Energy (FANG) ratio values.
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Past Performance
How has Diamondback Energy (FANG) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Diamondback Energy (FANG) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is 1.7049 which is considered to be above average compared to the peer average of 1.1742

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Analyzing Diamondback Energy (FANG) Recent Options Activity
Below, you can see the trend in options sentiment over the past 30 days.

Based on our data, FANG's options trades have recently carried more negative sentiment than positive.

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Company Financials
INCOME STATEMENT
The income statement also known as the profit and loss statement, primarily focuses on the company's revenues and expenses during a particular period.

The main purpose of an income statement is to convey details of profitability and business activities. Below, is FANG's income statement for the previous four years along with its trailing-twelve- month profit & loss.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Revenue
9.60
8.34
11.02
14.93
16.98
Operating Revenue
9.60
8.34
11.02
14.93
16.98
Cost Of Revenue
2.91
3.54
6.05
9.72
10.69
Gross Profit
6.68
4.80
4.97
5.21
6.29
Operating Expense
0.16
0.22
0.27
0.29
0.24
Selling General And Administration
0.14
0.15
0.21
0.29
0.30
Research and Development
Operating Income
6.52
4.58
4.70
4.92
6.06
Net Non-Operating Interest Income Expense
-0.16
-0.18
-0.14
-0.24
-0.27
Other Income Expense
-0.63
-0.16
-0.06
-2.80
-3.94
Other Non-Operating Income Expenses
-0.01
0.07
0.09
0.46
0.43
Pre-Tax Income
5.74
4.25
4.50
1.87
1.85
Tax Provision
1.17
0.91
0.80
0.33
0.33
Net Income
4.39
3.14
3.34
1.66
1.47
Net Income Common Stockholders
4.39
3.14
3.33
1.66
1.46
Total Operating Income As Reported
6.51
4.57
4.40
1.27
1.08
Total Expenses
3.08
3.76
6.32
10.01
10.93
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation
4.39
3.14
3.34
1.66
1.47
Normalized Income
4.87
3.32
3.45
4.12
4.85
Interest Income
Interest Expense
0.14
0.18
0.29
0.27
0.29
Net Interest Income
-0.16
-0.18
-0.14
-0.24
-0.27
EBIT
5.87
4.42
4.80
2.14
2.14
EBITDA
7.22
6.17
7.65
7.18
7.38
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue
2.91
3.54
6.05
9.72
10.69
Reconciled Depreciation
1.34
1.75
2.85
5.04
5.24
Normalized EBITDA
7.84
6.40
7.79
10.43
11.75
Tax Rate For Calcs
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.22
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items
-0.13
-0.05
-0.03
-0.79
-0.99
BALANCE SHEET
The balance sheet is a snapshot of a companies financials during a particular period in time.

It breaks down what company owns (assets) and what a company owes (liabilities), in order to give investors an overview of its capital structure.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Assets
26.21
29.00
67.29
71.06
70.22
Current Assets
1.39
1.62
2.11
1.92
2.65
Total Non-Current Assets
24.82
27.38
65.18
69.14
67.57
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest
10.52
11.57
27.43
28.09
26.23
Current Liabilities
1.72
2.11
4.81
4.60
5.68
Other Non-Current Liabilities
0.01
0.01
0.04
0.62
0.56
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest
15.69
17.43
39.86
42.97
43.99
Stockholders Equity
Total Capitalization
21.25
23.27
49.81
50.70
48.97
Common Stock Equity
15.01
16.62
37.74
36.97
37.90
Net Tangible Assets
15.01
16.62
37.74
36.97
37.90
Working Capital
-0.32
-0.49
-2.70
-2.69
-3.03
Invested Capital
21.26
23.27
49.81
51.46
50.51
Tangible Book Value
15.01
16.62
37.74
36.97
37.90
Total Debt
6.38
6.80
13.33
14.88
12.61
Net Debt
6.09
6.06
11.91
14.38
12.15
Share Issued
0.18
0.18
0.29
0.28
0.28
Ordinary Shares Number
0.18
0.18
0.29
0.28
0.28
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
A companies statement of cash flows gives an investor a break down of the cash inflows and outflows from a companies operations and investment activities.
FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Cash Flow from Continuing Operating Activities
6.33
5.92
6.41
8.76
10.14
Net Income from Continuing Operations
4.56
3.34
3.70
1.55
1.52
Depreciation and Amortization
1.34
2.85
5.04
5.24
Deferred Tax
0.72
0.38
0.01
-0.52
-0.71
Deferred Income Tax
0.72
0.38
0.01
-0.52
-0.71
Stock-Based Compensation
0.05
0.05
0.07
Other Non-Cash Items
0.09
0.00
0.09
-0.43
-0.40
Change in Working Capital
-0.20
0.30
-0.10
-0.31
-0.30
Change in Receivables
-0.33
0.21
-0.03
0.39
-0.34
Changes in Account Receivables
-0.05
-0.07
-0.04
0.39
-0.34
Change in Inventory
Change in Payables and Accrued Expense
0.13
0.17
-0.12
-0.73
0.12
Change in Payable
0.13
0.17
-0.12
-0.73
0.12
Change in Account Payable
-0.05
0.06
-0.38
-0.34
-0.16
Change in Other Current Assets
Change in Other Current Liabilities
Change in Other Working Capital
-0.02
0.00
0.00
0.03
-0.09
Cash Flow from Continuing Investing Activities
-3.33
-3.32
-11.22
-7.81
-4.23
Net PPE Purchase and Sale
-3.50
-4.71
-11.79
-9.46
-6.46
Net Business Purchase and Sale
Purchase of Business
Net Investment Purchase and Sale
Purchase of Investment
Sale of Investment
Net Other Investing Changes
0.17
1.39
0.57
1.65
2.23
Financing Cash Flow
-3.50
-2.18
4.39
-1.01
-5.67
Cash Flow from Continuing Financing Activities
-3.50
-2.18
4.39
-1.01
-5.67
Net Issuance Payments of Debt
-0.26
0.38
6.37
1.57
-2.62
Net Long-Term Debt Issuance
-0.26
0.27
6.37
1.57
-1.97
Long-Term Debt Issuance
7.70
0.40
9.88
15.04
18.63
Long-Term Debt Payments
-7.96
-0.13
-3.50
-13.47
-20.60
Net Short-Term Debt Issuance
0.11
Net Common Stock Issuance
-1.25
-0.94
-0.48
-0.78
-1.14
Common Stock Issuance
1.23
0.59
Common Stock Payments
-1.25
-0.94
-0.96
-2.01
-1.73
Cash Dividends Paid
-1.57
-1.44
-1.58
-1.16
-1.18
Net Other Financing Charges
-0.42
-0.17
0.08
-0.65
-0.73
End Cash Position
0.42
1.49
8.35
2.92
1.30
Changes in Cash
-0.51
0.42
-0.42
-0.06
0.24
Beginning Cash Position
0.93
1.07
8.77
2.98
1.05
Capital Expenditure
-3.50
-4.71
-11.79
-9.46
-6.46
Issuance of Capital Stock
1.23
0.59
Issuance of Debt
7.70
5.18
9.88
15.04
12.71
Repayment of Debt
-7.96
-4.80
-3.50
-13.47
-15.34
Repurchase of Capital Stock
-1.25
-0.94
-0.96
-2.01
-1.73
Free Cash Flow
2.82
1.21
-5.37
-0.70
3.68