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Diamondback Energy, Inc. · FANG · FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026
FANG Q3: Permian focus, low reinvestment and recovery initiatives
Diamondback's Q3 call points to a capital-disciplined Permian strategy: management described a low reinvestment rate and prioritized recovery improvements, while pursuing gas and power opportunities. The investment case remains exposed to commodity-price swings, cost inflation and execution risk in newer projects.
Reported After market closeNASDAQEnergy
$55.93B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$5.86
Consensus $5.72
EPS surprise
+2.4%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$5.43B
Consensus $4.60B
Revenue surprise
+18.0%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
event-close to next-session close
Stock move
-3.7%
Event window
SPY move
+0.3%
Same window
Abnormal move
-4.0%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
1.4×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
0.0%
Up to 20 sessions
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Why did FANG fall 3.7% after beating EPS estimates in FY2026 Q3?What changed in FANG's guidance and outlook in FY2026 Q3?Give me the bull and bear case for FANG after FY2026 Q3 earnings.
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What changed
Management's Q3 discussion emphasized a roughly 30–32% reinvestment rate and continued focus on free cash flow, recovery initiatives and the Permian. It also discussed LNG and power opportunities, while saying diversification outside the basin is secondary to its core competency. These are management's stated priorities, not evidence that the newer projects have reached scale.
Guidance delta
Guidance sentiment was maintained; the supplied analysis characterizes the capex outlook as stable. No specific guidance revision was identified in the supplied call analysis.
Key takeaways
- Management described reinvestment at roughly 30–32%, prioritizing free cash flow and disciplined capital allocation.
- Recovery initiatives include advanced completions, chemical EOR testing and AI-driven operating automation; management sees these as ways to improve well recovery and efficiency.
- The Barnett is moving toward full-field development, while the company continues to center its operations on the Permian.
- Management discussed LNG and power projects as longer-term gas-demand opportunities; execution and timing remain uncertain.
Management priorities
- Maintain a low reinvestment rate and preserve free cash flow while continuing debt reduction and opportunistic repurchases.
- Advance chemical EOR testing, completion technology and AI initiatives across drilling, completions and artificial lift.
- Develop core Permian and Barnett opportunities while advancing LNG and power projects.
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$192.34Current
$100Low
$202.51Average
$262High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Nov 3, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 15, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Strong Buy | Strong Buy | Maintain | Sep 17, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Susquehanna | Positive | Positive | Maintain | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 27, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 11, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Outperform | Sector Outperform | Maintain | Apr 22, 2026 |
| Roth Capital | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Apr 8, 2026 |
| The Benchmark Company | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Mar 5, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Apr 29, 2025 |
| Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Upgrade | Jan 3, 2025 |
| Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 16, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 15, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Oct 4, 2024 |
| Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 3, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Sep 30, 2024 |
| Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 23, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 21, 2023 |
| Johnson Rice | Buy | Accumulate | Maintain | Dec 5, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Imperial Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 16, 2020 |
| TD Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 15, 2020 |
| SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Jun 25, 2020 |
| CFRA | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 8, 2020 |
| MKM Partners | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 20, 2020 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 9, 2019 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 22, 2019 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 21, 2019 |
| Williams Capital | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 19, 2018 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 11, 2018 |
| Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Equal Weight | Upgrade | Oct 17, 2016 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 11, 2016 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 10, 2016 |
| Wunderlich Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 5, 2016 |
| Wunderlich | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 5, 2016 |
| Clarksons Platou | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Clarkson Capital Markets | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Nomura | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 21, 2016 |
| Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Topeka Capital | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 6, 2015 |
| Topeka | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 6, 2015 |
| Tudor Pickering | Accumulate | Buy | Maintain | Apr 23, 2015 |
| KLR Group | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Dec 23, 2013 |
| Sterne Agee | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Sep 24, 2013 |
| CK Cooper | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 28, 2013 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $192.34. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $222 | $195.35 | +15.4% | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $250 | $197.51 | +30.0% | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $215 | $192.13 | +11.8% | Oct 11, 2026 |
| Stephens | Analyst unavailable | $255 | $193.15 | +32.6% | Sep 17, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $253 | $204.97 | +31.5% | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $221 | $202.47 | +14.9% | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $205 | $188.04 | +6.6% | Aug 9, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Gabe Daoud | $224 | $188.48 | +16.5% | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $237 | $191.87 | +23.2% | Aug 4, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Doug Leggate | $206 | $191.63 | +7.1% | Aug 4, 2026 |
| Raymond James | John Freeman | $248 | $199.65 | +28.9% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Susquehanna | Charles Minervino | $255 | $197.87 | +32.6% | Jul 21, 2026 |
| UBS | Josh Silverstein | $243 | $195.38 | +26.3% | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Gabe Daoud | $220 | $190.05 | +14.4% | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $216 | $179.91 | +12.3% | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $212 | $183.5 | +10.2% | Jun 22, 2026 |
| Roth Capital | Analyst unavailable | $212 | $183.5 | +10.2% | Jun 22, 2026 |
| Raymond James | John Freeman | $249 | $194.24 | +29.5% | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $240 | $195.13 | +24.8% | May 27, 2026 |
| Barclays | Betty Jiang | $232 | $200.71 | +20.6% | May 26, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $229 | $200.31 | +19.1% | May 22, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Bob Brackett | $241 | $188.7 | +25.3% | May 11, 2026 |
| Susquehanna | Analyst unavailable | $245 | $196.43 | +27.4% | May 6, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $242 | $197.02 | +25.8% | May 6, 2026 |
| Roth Capital | Analyst unavailable | $205 | $207.7 | +6.6% | May 5, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $225 | $213.69 | +17.0% | May 5, 2026 |
| Raymond James | John Freeman | $242 | $197.03 | +25.8% | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Hanwen Chang | $262 | $180.27 | +36.2% | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $224 | $173.23 | +16.5% | Apr 17, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $245 | $187.2 | +27.4% | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $100 | $191.78 | -48.0% | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Raymond James | John Freeman | $240 | $187.08 | +24.8% | Mar 17, 2026 |
| Roth Capital | Analyst unavailable | $180 | $172.8 | -6.4% | Feb 24, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $195 | $173.07 | +1.4% | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $205 | $173.82 | +6.6% | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $218 | $159.12 | +13.3% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $171 | $153.52 | -11.1% | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $171 | $154.49 | -11.1% | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $215 | $148.7 | +11.8% | Jan 21, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Lloyd Byrne | $173 | $151.28 | -10.1% | Jan 19, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $175 | $150.39 | -9.0% | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $152.34 | -1.2% | Jan 5, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $194 | $157.24 | +0.9% | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $194 | $157.06 | +0.9% | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $183 | $149 | -4.9% | Nov 20, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $219 | $149.58 | +13.9% | Nov 18, 2025 |
| Roth Capital | Analyst unavailable | $162 | $138.06 | -15.8% | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Susquehanna | Charles Minervino | $188 | $139.09 | -2.3% | Oct 20, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $173 | $141.96 | -10.1% | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Paul Cheng | $182 | $145.59 | -5.4% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $178 | $149.1 | -7.5% | Oct 7, 2025 |
| KeyBanc | Tim Rezvan | $176 | $144.45 | -8.5% | Sep 3, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Mark Lear | $222 | $138.82 | +15.4% | Aug 14, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $206 | $163.09 | +7.1% | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $215 | $146.55 | +11.8% | Mar 12, 2025 |
| Williams Trading | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $142.7 | -1.2% | Mar 5, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $220 | $176.32 | +14.4% | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Mark Lear | $252 | $169.11 | +31.0% | Dec 4, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $230 | $179.77 | +19.6% | Oct 16, 2024 |
| KeyBanc | Tim Rezvan | $216 | $181.56 | +12.3% | Oct 16, 2024 |
| Williams Trading | Gabriele Sorbara | $230 | $190.7 | +19.6% | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Citigroup | Scott Gruber | $195 | $194.96 | +1.4% | Oct 14, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Phillip Jungwirth | $215 | $192.87 | +11.8% | Oct 4, 2024 |
| Barclays | Betty Jiang | $210 | $188.16 | +9.2% | Oct 2, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $198 | $172.42 | +2.9% | Sep 16, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $219 | $172.42 | +13.9% | Sep 16, 2024 |
| KeyBanc | Tim Rezvan | $225 | $168.5 | +17.0% | Sep 11, 2024 |
| Susquehanna | Biju Perincheril | $237 | $187.48 | +23.2% | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Bernstein | Bob Brackett | $238 | $199.77 | +23.7% | Aug 12, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $249 | $205.47 | +29.5% | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Bernstein | Bob Brackett | $243 | $189.19 | +26.3% | Jun 6, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Scott Hanold | $220 | $201.5 | +14.4% | May 6, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $224 | $196.01 | +16.5% | May 2, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $227 | $203.95 | +18.0% | Apr 17, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $217 | $206.23 | +12.8% | Apr 11, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $248 | $201.29 | +28.9% | Apr 5, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $186 | $197.02 | -3.3% | Mar 28, 2024 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Derrick Whitfield | $224 | $194.7 | +16.5% | Mar 22, 2024 |
| KeyBanc | Tim Rezvan | $210 | $194.4 | +9.2% | Mar 21, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $180 | $138.09 | -6.4% | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $173 | $138.21 | -10.1% | Dec 7, 2022 |
| Johnson Rice | Analyst unavailable | $210 | $142 | +9.2% | Dec 5, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $195 | $158.98 | +1.4% | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $155 | $130.79 | -19.4% | Sep 21, 2022 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $203 | $129.07 | +5.5% | Aug 18, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Mark Lear | $191 | $125.92 | -0.7% | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $190 | $119.99 | -1.2% | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $203 | $114.86 | +5.5% | Jul 19, 2022 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $224 | $114.26 | +16.5% | Jul 19, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $185 | $104.42 | -3.8% | Jul 14, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $160 | $115 | -16.8% | Jul 5, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Mark Lear | $196 | $156.18 | +1.9% | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $215 | $138.49 | +11.8% | May 4, 2022 |
| Susquehanna | Analyst unavailable | $167 | $130.1 | -13.2% | Apr 25, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $200 | $130.1 | +4.0% | Apr 25, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $184 | $136.86 | -4.3% | Apr 22, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $204 | $138.45 | +6.1% | Apr 19, 2022 |
| Raymond James | John Freeman | $195 | $137.8 | +1.4% | Mar 4, 2022 |
| TD Securities | Menno Hulshof | $150 | $128.99 | -22.0% | Feb 23, 2022 |
| Evercore ISI | Stephen Richardson | $130 | $128.99 | -32.4% | Feb 23, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | William Janela | $140 | $128.99 | -27.2% | Feb 23, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Scott Hanold | $160 | $128.99 | -16.8% | Feb 23, 2022 |
| Siebert Williams Shank & Co | Gabriele Sorbara | $155 | $128.99 | -19.4% | Feb 23, 2022 |
| Susquehanna | Biju Perincheril | $152 | $130.4 | -21.0% | Feb 2, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Devin McDermott | $155 | $126.42 | -19.4% | Jan 25, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $165 | $128.64 | -14.2% | Jan 14, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Scott Gruber | $122 | $111.35 | -36.6% | Jan 3, 2022 |
| Wolfe Research | Josh Silverstein | $132 | $103.61 | -31.4% | Dec 14, 2021 |
| UBS | Lloyd Byrne | $165 | $106.77 | -14.2% | Nov 17, 2021 |
| Roth Capital | John M. White | $135 | $109.98 | -29.8% | Oct 19, 2021 |
| Cowen & Co. | David Deckelbaum | $121 | $107.25 | -37.1% | Oct 13, 2021 |
| Johnson Rice | Charles Meade | $114 | $88.35 | -40.7% | Jun 8, 2021 |
| BMO Capital | Phillip Jungwirth | $95 | $74.29 | -50.6% | Apr 13, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationDiamondback Energy, Inc. operates as an independent enterprise focused on oil and natural gas. Its core business involves the acquisition, development, exploration, and production of unconventional and onshore hydrocarbon reserves, predominantly located within the Permian Basin across West Texas and New Mexico. The company's development efforts primarily target significant geological formations, including the Spraberry and Wolfcamp in the Midland Basin, as well as the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring within the Delaware Basin – both crucial components of the broader Permian. As of December 31, 2021, Diamondback Energy's asset base included approximately 524,700 gross acres under its control in the Permian Basin.…
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