Company Analysis

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG)

Nasdaq: FANG · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Midland, TX · filing with the SEC since 2012
Grade6.3
◀ Past 7.4● Present 5.6▶ Future 5.3

The grade of Diamondback Energy, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.3/10
◀ Past7.440% of the headline
● Present5.635% of the headline
▶ Future5.325% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Diamondback Energy, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+37.1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 8 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 86th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Diamondback Energy, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.2 billion in fiscal 2017 to $15 billion in fiscal 2025, up 37.1% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 29% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 8 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span37.1%top 8% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 15% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak29.0%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 17.9% a year. 28% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 87 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 61 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Diamondback Energy, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 17.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 28% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 87 sales (42 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-07 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 24% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.6/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 4%: 4¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 40%: owes 40¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 76 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Diamondback Energy, Inc. earned about 4 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 40 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 35.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 27% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 38% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 23% of 76 in its family; net margin 11.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Diamondback Energy, Inc.'s standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $15 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 11% by size; a net margin of 11.1% ranks in the top 41%; revenue growth of 15.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 16% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$15.03Btop 11% of its family
  • net margin11.1%top 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth15.9%top 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 44% of 51 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Diamondback Energy, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Van'T, Hof Matthew Kaes (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-05-22, 1.5 years (bottom 36% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.6 years (top 35%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (top 34%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 19 peopletop 34% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.6 yearstop 35% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.5 yearsbottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 44% of 74 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Diamondback Energy, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $104 million against debt of $14 billion leaves -19.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 27% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 58.3% of revenue (top 15%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-19.2%bottom 27% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue58.3%top 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 42% of 72 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Diamondback Energy, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 15.9% a year over the last three filed years against 37.1% over all 9, slowing (bottom 35% of its family); the newest year grew 35.8% (top 18%) (its annual reports). Diamondback Energy, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Oil Exploration and Production at $12 billion (78%), Oil Purchased at $1.5 billion (10%), Natural Gas Liquids Production at $1.4 billion (10%), and 1 more; 4 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-21.2 points a yearbottom 35% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth35.8%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 47% of 69 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Diamondback Energy, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $15 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 26.8% above the $12 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 25% of its family); net income of $1.7 billion against a prior three-year average of $3.6 billion (bottom 40%); a net margin of 11.1% against 37.7% before (bottom 27%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace26.8%top 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-54%bottom 40% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-26.6 pointsbottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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