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Dividends

Dividend payments are $4.15 per share, with a current dividend yield of 2.31%.

FANG Dividend Summary

Consecutive Years

0

Most Recent Ex-Date

May 14, 2026

Most Recent Payment

May 21, 2026

FANG Dividends per Share (Nominal History)

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Annual Dividend History

YearDividend/ShareYoY Growth
2026(YTD)$2.15
2025$4.00-51.75%
2024$8.29N/A
2023$7.15-14.47%
2022$8.36N/A
2021$1.75+16.67%
2020$1.50+118.18%
2019$0.69N/A
2018$0.38N/A

Quarterly Dividend History

QuarterDividend/ShareYoY Growth
Q2 2026$1.10+10.00%
Q1 2026$1.05+5.00%
Q4 2025$1.00+11.11%
Q3 2025$1.00-57.26%
Q2 2025$1.00-49.24%
Q1 2025$1.00-67.53%
Q4 2024$0.90-73.29%
Q3 2024$2.34
Q2 2024$1.97+137.35%
Q1 2024$3.08+4.41%
Q4 2023$3.37+49.12%
Q2 2023$0.83-72.79%
Q1 2023$2.95
Q4 2022$2.26+352.00%
Q3 2022$3.05+577.78%
Q2 2022$3.05+662.50%
Q4 2021$0.50+33.33%
Q3 2021$0.45+20.00%
Q2 2021$0.40+6.67%
Q1 2021$0.40+6.67%
Q4 2020$0.38+100.00%
Q3 2020$0.38+100.00%
Q2 2020$0.38+100.00%
Q1 2020$0.38+200.00%

Dividend Yield Metrics

Current Yield
2.31%
Average Yield (TTM)
2.45%
Average Yield (3Y)
3.60%
Forward Yield on Cost (3Y)
5.59%
Forward Yield on Cost (5Y)
9.70%
Forward Yield on Cost (10Y)
38.47%

Payout Ratio Analysis

Payout Ratio (Current)
488.24%
FCF Payout Ratio
79.90%
Payout Ratio (3Y Avg)
54.81%
Payout Ratio (5Y Avg)
42.51%
FCF Payout (3Y Avg)
61.07%
FCF Payout (5Y Avg)
104.39%

An FCF payout above 100% means dividends exceeded the period's free cash flow, often because of temporarily depressed FCF (one-off capex or working-capital swings) rather than an unfunded dividend. Compare against the earnings payout ratio and the multi-year trend before drawing a conclusion.

Dividend Coverage

Payout Ratio
488.2%
Dividends / net income
FCF Payout Ratio
79.9%
Dividends / free cash flow
Consecutive Years
N/A
Years with regular dividend payments
5Y Dividend Growth
21.7%
Compound annual dividend growth

About Diamondback Energy, Inc.

Diamondback 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. At that time, its estimated proved oil and natural gas reserves amounted to 1,788,991 thousand barrels of crude oil equivalent. The company also maintained working interests in 5,289 gross producing wells and held royalty interests in an additional 6,455 wells. Beyond its direct well operations, Diamondback Energy possesses mineral interests spanning roughly 930,871 gross acres and 27,027 net royalty acres across the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford Shale. Furthermore, it manages a portfolio of midstream infrastructure, owning, operating, developing, and acquiring assets such as 866 miles of crude oil gathering pipelines, natural gas gathering pipelines, and an integrated water system within the Midland and Delaware Basins of the Permian. Established in 2007, Diamondback Energy, Inc. is headquartered in Midland, Texas.

Midland, TX
1,983 employees
Energy / Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Sector
Energy
Industry
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
CEO
Matthew Kaes Van't Hof