Diamondback Energy (FANG) Stock Falls on Q4 2025 Earnings

Diamondback Energy Inc. (FANG) reported fourth-quarter 2025 revenue of $3.38 billion, essentially in line with the consensus estimate of $3.37 billion, down about 9.0% year over year.

Gross profit was $2.21 billion, down 18.3% year over year.

Operating results swung to a loss of $2.78 billion, a roughly 297.0% year-over-year decline.

Net loss attributable to common shareholders was $1.46 billion, with diluted EPS of -$5.11 versus an estimate of $2.12.

Cost of sales rose to $1.17 billion, up 16.0% year over year.

Cash flow and balance sheet highlights:

Cash from operating activities: $2.34 billion, effectively flat year over year (+0.1%).

Purchases of property, plant and equipment (capex): $943.0 million, up about 1.1% year over year.

Cash and cash equivalents: $104.0 million, down 35.4% year over year.

Total liabilities: $28.09 billion, up about 2.4% year over year.

Shares were trading down 3.35% since market close following the release.

Note: This financials data is sourced from a third-party provider and has not been independently verified by Quiver.

Diamondback Energy Inc. Insider Trading Activity

Diamondback Energy Inc. insiders have traded $FANG stock on the open market 12 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 12 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $FANG stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

FANG HOLDINGS, LP SGF has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 4,000,000 shares for an estimated $637,050,000.
CHARLES ALVIN MELOY has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 440,769 shares for an estimated $62,507,856.
HOF MATTHEW KAES VAN'T (Chief Executive Officer) sold 10,000 shares for an estimated $1,406,140
DANIEL N WESSON (Exec. VP & COO) sold 4,000 shares for an estimated $596,947
JERE W III THOMPSON (CFO, Executive VP) sold 1,000 shares for an estimated $147,730

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.

Diamondback Energy Inc. Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 483 institutional investors add shares of Diamondback Energy Inc. stock to their portfolio, and 596 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 2,301,846 shares (-70.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $346,036,509
PACER ADVISORS, INC. removed 2,127,765 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $319,866,912
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP added 1,379,010 shares (+74.1%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $207,306,573
ENCAP PARTNERS GP, LLC removed 1,084,666 shares (-99.9%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $163,057,839
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO removed 1,034,736 shares (-17.3%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $155,551,862
ENCOMPASS CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC added 746,343 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $112,197,743
UBS GROUP AG added 553,073 shares (+19.6%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $83,143,464

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.

Diamondback Energy Inc. Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $FANG stock 1 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $FANG stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

REPRESENTATIVE ROGER WILLIAMS sold up to $15,000 on 12/22.

To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.

Diamondback Energy Inc. Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $FANG in the last several months. We have seen 8 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/28/2026
Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 01/06/2026
Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 11/17/2025
UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 11/11/2025
Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/14/2025
Scotiabank issued a "Sector Outperform" rating on 10/09/2025
Evercore ISI Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/06/2025

To track analyst ratings and price targets for Diamondback Energy Inc., check out Quiver Quantitative's $FANG forecast page.

Diamondback Energy Inc. Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $FANG recently. We have seen 12 analysts offer price targets for $FANG in the last 6 months, with a median target of $180.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Mark Lear from Piper Sandler set a target price of $218.0 on 01/28/2026
Hanwen Chang from Wells Fargo set a target price of $171.0 on 01/27/2026
Devin McDermott from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $171.0 on 01/23/2026
Nitin Kumar from Mizuho set a target price of $194.0 on 01/22/2026
Scott Gruber from Citigroup set a target price of $178.0 on 01/06/2026
Bob Brackett from Bernstein set a target price of $190.0 on 01/05/2026
Josh Silverstein from UBS set a target price of $194.0 on 12/12/2025