Diamondback Energy (FANG) – Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ: FANG) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 8/17/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its price target lowered by Barclays PLC from $232.00 to $221.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 8/10/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its price target lowered by Citigroup Inc. from $221.00 to $220.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 8/9/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by Jefferies Financial Group Inc.. They now have a $205.00 price target on the stock.
• 8/8/2026 – Diamondback Energy was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 8/5/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its price target raised by Truist Financial Corporation from $220.00 to $224.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 8/5/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $262.00 to $263.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 8/4/2026 – Diamondback Energy was given a new $237.00 price target by Wells Fargo & Company.
• 8/4/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Wolfe Research. They now have a $206.00 price target on the stock.
• 7/31/2026 – Diamondback Energy was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c-)” to “hold (c)”.
• 7/31/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its “strong-buy” rating reaffirmed by Raymond James Financial, Inc.. They now have a $248.00 price target on the stock.
• 7/21/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its price target raised by Susquehanna from $245.00 to $255.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 7/21/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its price target lowered by UBS Group AG from $246.00 to $243.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/20/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its price target lowered by Citigroup Inc. from $245.00 to $221.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/16/2026 – Diamondback Energy was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c)” to “hold (c-)”.
• 7/16/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its price target lowered by Truist Financial Corporation from $242.00 to $220.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 6/29/2026 – Diamondback Energy had its price target lowered by Morgan Stanley from $229.00 to $216.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 6/22/2026 – Diamondback Energy was given a new $212.00 price target by Wells Fargo & Company.
• 6/22/2026 – Diamondback Energy was given a new $212.00 price target by Roth Capital. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 6/21/2026 – Diamondback Energy was upgraded by Roth Capital from “hold” to “strong-buy”.

Diamondback Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 13th will be issued a $1.10 dividend. This represents a $4.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 13th. Diamondback Energy’s payout ratio is 85.77%.

Insider Transactions at Diamondback Energy

In related news, Director Charles Alvin Meloy sold 33,333 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $198.41, for a total transaction of $6,613,600.53. Following the sale, the director directly owned 818,197 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $162,338,466.77. This represents a 3.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark Lawrence Plaumann sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.50, for a total value of $98,250.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 13,437 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,640,370.50. This represents a 3.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 129,167 shares of company stock valued at $24,714,309 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.64% of the company’s stock.

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.