F m Investments LLC Sells 17,473 Shares of Diamondback Energy, Inc. $FANG

F m Investments LLC lessened its stake in Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) by 24.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 52,733 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock after selling 17,473 shares during the quarter. F m Investments LLC’s holdings in Diamondback Energy were worth $7,546,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in FANG. Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI increased its holdings in Diamondback Energy by 233.9% during the 3rd quarter. Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI now owns 12,673 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $1,814,000 after purchasing an additional 8,877 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Diamondback Energy by 9.6% in the 3rd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 117,733 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $16,848,000 after purchasing an additional 10,289 shares during the period. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Diamondback Energy in the third quarter valued at about $472,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its position in shares of Diamondback Energy by 9.7% during the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 1,385,428 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $198,255,000 after buying an additional 122,921 shares during the period. Finally, WoodTrust Financial Corp acquired a new position in shares of Diamondback Energy during the third quarter worth about $1,624,000. Institutional investors own 90.01% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Diamondback Energy news, Director Charles Alvin Meloy sold 60,605 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $161.12, for a total value of $9,764,677.60. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 982,006 shares in the company, valued at $158,220,806.72. This trade represents a 5.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, major shareholder Fang Holdings Lp Sgf sold 1,000,000 shares of Diamondback Energy stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $162.88, for a total transaction of $162,880,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 98,686,727 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,074,094,093.76. This trade represents a 1.00% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 1,168,462 shares of company stock worth $192,197,747. Insiders own 0.70% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on FANG. Wall Street Zen lowered Diamondback Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 27th. Susquehanna upped their price target on Diamondback Energy from $182.00 to $199.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Scotiabank set a $175.00 price target on shares of Diamondback Energy in a research note on Friday, January 16th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on shares of Diamondback Energy from $187.00 to $212.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, TD Cowen raised shares of Diamondback Energy to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $191.67.

Key Diamondback Energy News

Here are the key news stories impacting Diamondback Energy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Piper Sandler raised its price target substantially (to $248) and kept an overweight view, giving investors a near‑term fundamental endorsement and supporting upside expectations. Piper Sandler price target raise
• Positive Sentiment: Freedom Capital / Zacks published a “strong‑buy” upgrade, adding buy-side momentum and contributing to buying interest. Zacks / Freedom Capital upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Diamondback recently lifted its quarterly dividend (to $1.05), which can support valuation and attract yield‑seeking investors. Dividend increase (MarketBeat)
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short‑interest prints look inconsistent (days‑to‑cover ~0.0) and appear to be data artifacts; there’s no clear evidence of aggressive short covering driving today’s move.
• Negative Sentiment: SGF FANG Holdings launched and priced a large underwritten secondary offering (~11.0M shares, ≈$1.9B gross), which increases available supply and is a clear downward pressure risk since Diamondback receives no proceeds. Secondary offering priced (TipRanks)
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple senior insiders and directors disclosed multi‑million dollar sales (including CEO Kaes Van’t Hof and Director Charles Meloy), and press coverage is highlighting executives selling into the rally — a negative signal for sentiment and confidence. Executive selling coverage (Yahoo) Director sale (InsiderTrades)
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks / AmericanBankingNews flagged downward near‑term EPS estimate revisions for FANG, which increases earnings risk ahead of future reports. Zacks negative earnings estimate

Diamondback Energy Stock Performance

FANG opened at $182.37 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $164.13 and its 200 day simple moving average is $152.42. Diamondback Energy, Inc. has a 52-week low of $114.00 and a 52-week high of $186.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a current ratio of 0.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $51.30 billion, a PE ratio of 32.51 and a beta of 0.59.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 23rd. The oil and natural gas company reported $1.74 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.00 by ($0.26). The company had revenue of $3.38 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.41 billion. Diamondback Energy had a net margin of 11.07% and a return on equity of 8.08%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.67 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Diamondback Energy, Inc. will post 15.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Diamondback Energy Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 5th were paid a $1.05 dividend. This is a boost from Diamondback Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.00. This represents a $4.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 5th. Diamondback Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 74.87%.

Diamondback Energy Profile

Diamondback Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: FANG) is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the development, exploration and production of unconventional resources in the Permian Basin. Headquartered in Midland, Texas, the company concentrates its operations in the core Midland and Delaware sub‑basins of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, where it pursues contiguous acreage positions to support repeatable drilling programs.

Diamondback’s activities span the upstream value chain, including leasehold acquisition, well planning, drilling, completion and production optimization.