Diamondback Energy reported fourth-quarter 2025 results on February 23, 2026. The company missed Wall Street expectations for quarterly profit, with earnings per share of $1.74 versus $2.00 expected. Revenue declined 9 percent year-over-year. The company reported a net loss of $1.46 billion in the fourth quarter, primarily driven by a $3.7 billion non-cash impairment charge tied to lower SEC pricing assumptions. Full-year oil realizations averaged $64.04 per barrel, down from $73.52 in 2024, reflecting weaker oil prices. Despite the quarterly loss, Diamondback generated $5.9 billion in adjusted free cash flow for 2025 and increased its annual base dividend by 5 percent to $4.20 per share. The company repurchased 13.84 million shares for $2.0 billion during the year.
Read full analysisDiamondback Energy reported fourth-quarter 2025 results on February 23, 2026. The company missed Wall Street expectations for quarterly profit, with earnings per share of $1.74 versus $2.00 expected. Revenue declined 9 percent year-over-year. The company reported a net loss of $1.46 billion in the fourth quarter, primarily driven by a $3.7 billion non-cash impairment charge tied to lower SEC pricing assumptions. Full-year oil realizations averaged $64.04 per barrel, down from $73.52 in 2024, reflecting weaker oil prices. Despite the quarterly loss, Diamondback generated $5.9 billion in adjusted free cash flow for 2025 and increased its annual base dividend by 5 percent to $4.20 per share. The company repurchased 13.84 million shares for $2.0 billion during the year.
Diamondback Energy is one of the largest independent oil producers in the Permian Basin, focused exclusively on West Texas shale development. Following its 2024 merger with Endeavor, the company produced roughly 497,000 barrels of oil per day in 2025 and generated $5.9 billion in adjusted free cash flow. Today's decline follows a Q4 earnings miss that highlighted the impact of lower realized oil prices on profitability.