Diamondback Energy Dividend yield

Diamondback Energy is part of Oil and Gas Producers business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. Diamondback Energy is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Diamondback Energy stock dividend

Diamondback Energy paid a total dividend of 759 million USD last year, for a market value of 25,717 millions (Market Cap 25,608 millions). Diamondback Energy dividend per share is 4.31 USD, and his stock market price 146.12 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Diamondback Energy has a dividend yield of 2.95%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Oil and Gas industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Diamondback Energy stocks dividend with other Oil and Gas Producers companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Diamondback Energy Dividend Payout

About the ability of Diamondback Energy to maintain his current dividend of USD 4.31 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.95%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Diamondback Energy payout on ernings is currently 34.81%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 41.20% and 53.13% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Diamondback Energycan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Diamondback Energy is USD 22.48 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 4.31, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Diamondback Energy, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil and Gas Producers sector companies.

Diamondback Energy Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Diamondback Energy's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.95%	4.31	34.81%	176
2022	3.15%	4.31	34.67%	176
2021	1.85%	2.00	-7.79%	181
2020	3.10%	1.50	98.68%	158
2019	0.81%	0.75	14.20%	160
2018	0.54%	0.50	14.88%	164

*In millions

Diamondback Energy Stock performance

Finally, last moth Diamondback Energy showed a return of 6.80% compared to a worldwide 5.46% average, and a 3.07% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 20.00% versus a worldwide performance of a -0.05%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Oil and Gas Producers firms.