Buyback yield (TTM)
3.72%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
5.79%
5Y share count change
83.0%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$2.08B
Cumulative buybacks
$6.41B
Key takeaways
- Diamondback Energy (FANG) repurchased about $2.08B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 83.0% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 48.37× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +71.1% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 483% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Diamondback Energy (FANG)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Diamondback Energy (FANG)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Diamondback Energy (FANG)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Diamondback Energy (FANG)
Latest: $2.01B
Overview
2025's annual buyback spend for Diamondback Energy (FANG) came in at $2.01B – surged 109.6% year-over-year.
Over 2020–2025 (5 years), Diamondback Energy buyback spend expanded at a +71.1% compound annual rate, sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.
2025 marks the peak buyback spend at $2.01B, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 2009.
Diamondback Energy Buyback Spend 2025: $2.01B
Diamondback Energy posted buyback spend of $2.01B in 2025, surged 109.6% from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Diamondback Energy Buyback Spend 2024: $959.00M
In 2024, Diamondback Energy reported buyback spend of $959.00M, edged up 2.6% from 2023.
Diamondback Energy Buyback Spend 2023: $935.00M
Diamondback Energy buyback spend in 2023 was $935.00M, declined 25.3% below 2022.
Diamondback Energy Buyback Spend 2022: $1.25B
2022's buyback spend for Diamondback Energy came in at $1.25B, surged 138.3% from 2021.
Diamondback Energy Buyback Spend 2021: $525.00M
Diamondback Energy buyback spend in 2021 was $525.00M.
See more financial history for Diamondback Energy (FANG).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $2.01B | $0.00 | $2.01B | 4.69% | 0.29B | +35.4% | |
| 2024 | $959.00M | $65.00M | $894.00M | 2.01% | 0.21B | +18.6% | |
| 2023 | $935.00M | $54.00M | $881.00M | 3.37% | 0.18B | +2.0% | |
| 2022 | $1.25B | $55.00M | $1.20B | 5.15% | 0.18B | -0.5% | |
| 2021 | $525.00M | $51.00M | $474.00M | 2.70% | 0.18B | +12.3% | |
| 2020 | $137.00M | $37.00M | $100.00M | 1.79% | 0.16B | -3.6% | |
| 2019 | $593.00M | $48.00M | $545.00M | 3.99% | 0.16B | +56.1% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $27.00M | −$27.00M | — | 0.10B | +7.4% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $26.00M | −$26.00M | — | 0.10B | +30.1% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $26.45M | −$26.45M | — | 0.08B | +19.1% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $18.53M | −$18.53M | — | 0.06B | +18.2% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $9.82M | −$9.82M | — | 0.05B | +26.1% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $1.75M | −$1.75M | — | 0.04B | +14.2% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $3.48M | −$3.48M | — | 0.04B | +63.6% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $544.00K | −$544.00K | — | 0.02B | 0.0% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | 0.0% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.02B | — |
- 2025$2.01B
- 2024$959.00M
- 2023$935.00M
- 2022$1.25B
- 2021$525.00M
- 2020$137.00M
- 2019$593.00M
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Diamondback Energy (FANG)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 48.37×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Diamondback Energy (FANG)
How Diamondback Energy splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Diamondback Energy, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $20.27B | |
| $11.86B | |
| $5.02B | |
| $3.49B | |
| $2.60B | |
| $2.41B | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
- $20.27B
- $11.86B
- $5.02B
- $3.49B
- $2.60B
- $2.41B
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $431.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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