FANGDiamondback Energy

$185.23+36% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 48 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Average. Diamondback Energy scores higher than 37% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by return on new capital and cycle position, held back by valuation and return on capital.

Energy median 63 · all companies 57

How the score has moved

At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
23
46
66
72
75
52
48
202020212022202320242025today

The biggest move was up 23 points from 2020 to 2021, mostly valuation.

Valuation

26% of the score

1median 56

Diamondback Energy is valued at 58.9x its operating profit, including debt: a very rich multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
58.9x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

25median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 5.4% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
5.4%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 1.6%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

100median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 21 cents. New capital earned 7.5%, and 281% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
21%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

40median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countUp 12.8% a year over 5 years: new shares
0
5%
-3%
13%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 32% a year, sales 40%
100
12%
-2%
-7.6%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

100median 62

Today's operating margin of 6.3% is 0.13x its normal 50%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 6.3%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

46median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA1.9x a year of EBITDA
64
4.5x
0.5x
1.9x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 4x
28
1.5x
12x
4.4x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

100median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.59x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
2.6x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 10.3% of assets
100
8%
0%
-8%
-10%
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.