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Diamondback Energy dividend history

Diamondback Energy's dividend was $4.00 a share in fiscal 2025, down 51.7% on the year before. That was 69.5% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2025 Q3 TTM
Buybacks (TTM)
$2B
Dividends (TTM)
$1.2B
Returned to shareholders
129%
of free cash flow
Total shareholder yield
5.6%
dividends 2.1% + buybacks 3.5% of market value
Dividend payout ratio
80%
of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending
1.7%
of revenue
Days sales outstanding
36 days
receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Dividend per share——$0.500$0.938$1.52$1.95$11.31$7.99$8.29$4.00—
Dividend per share growth———+87.5%+62.7%+27.9%+480.0%−29.4%+3.8%−51.7%—
Dividends paid00371122363121,5721,4441,5781,1561,180
Share buybacks—00593984311,098840959——
Dividends ÷ net income—0.0%4.4%46.7%—14.3%35.8%45.9%47.3%69.5%80.4%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Diamondback Energy's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Diamondback Energy.