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Matador Resources Company (MTDR)

Energy | Oil & Gas E&P | Dallas, United States | NYSE
53.77 USD -1.42 (-2.573%) ⇩ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 53.12 -0.65 (-0.649%) ⇩ (Oct. 15, 2026, 5:14 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 11:24 a.m. EDT

Matador presents a classic 'value trap' scenario where attractive fundamentals clash with a deteriorating price trajectory. While the company boasts exceptional operational metrics—nearly 27% revenue growth, robust operating margins above 49%, and a payout ratio of only 25%—the stock has suffered three consecutive years of negative annual returns, dropping nearly 22% in the most recent fiscal year. This multi-year decline overrides the strong balance sheet and analyst upgrades, suggesting the market is pricing in severe structural issues or a permanent loss of growth potential that current earnings do not reflect. The dividend yield of 2.75% is sustainable given the low payout ratio, but it cannot compensate for the capital destruction evident in the price history. Options data confirms this pessimism, with traders aggressively buying deep out-of-the-money puts for 2027, betting on a further collapse rather than a recovery. Until the price action stabilizes and breaks the downward trend, the investment thesis remains flawed despite the high-quality underlying business operations.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.078983
AutoETS0.080291
AutoARIMA0.085280
AutoTheta0.096887

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 44%
H-stat 2.06
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.271
Excess Kurtosis -1.05
Attribute Value
Sector Energy
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-09
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-09
Debt to Equity Ratio 69.104
Revenue per Share 30.901
Market Cap 6,654,264,320
Trailing P/E 9.22
Forward P/E 5.87
Beta 0.97
Profit Margins 18.85%
Website https://www.matadorresources.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 11:24 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put volume and open interest, particularly for January 2027 expirations where deep strikes show significant volume relative to open interest. This suggests a fear of a significant downside gap or prolonged weakness. Conversely, call activity is concentrated in out-of-the-money strikes (60-65 range) with lower open interest, indicating limited conviction in a sustained rally despite the low implied volatility environment.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.72% 3.07% 2.29% 1.68%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-10 0.375 0.717978
2026-05-08 0.375 0.678610
2026-02-27 0.375 0.729572
2025-11-10 0.375 0.947927
2025-08-15 0.313 0.667377
2025-05-09 0.313 0.732164
2025-02-28 0.313 0.598013
2024-11-15 0.250 0.434556
2024-08-15 0.200 0.348432
2024-05-16 0.200 0.324412
2024-02-22 0.200 0.329544
2023-11-09 0.200 0.360881
2023-08-10 0.150 0.258844
2023-05-10 0.150 0.341686
2023-02-24 0.150 0.272480
2022-11-09 0.100 0.152742
2022-08-16 0.100 0.175654
2022-05-17 0.050 0.098736
2022-03-03 0.050 0.097504
2021-11-09 0.050 0.110156
2021-08-11 0.025 0.086625
2021-05-12 0.025 0.088527
2021-03-23 0.025 0.113276
Additional Data
dividendYield 2.79
exDividendDate 2026-08-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.438
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.026055444
lastDividendValue 0.375
lastDividendDate 2026-08-10
dividendDate 2026-09-08

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.28468347
Address1 One Lincoln Centre
Address2 Suite 1500 5400 LBJ Freeway
All Time High 73.78
All Time Low 1.11
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 1.4 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,228,750
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,880,500
Average Volume 1,880,500
Average Volume10Days 1,228,750
Beta 0.972
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 5
Book Value 47.812
City Dallas
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 53.77
Current Ratio 0.65
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 55.73
Day Low 53.515
Debt To Equity 69.104
Display Name Matador Resources
Dividend Date 1,788,825,600
Dividend Yield 2.79
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,808,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,808,000
Earnings Growth 1.606
Earnings Quarterly Growth 1.6
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,736,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,736,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,736,000
Ebitda 2,400,555,008
Ebitda Margins 0.62520003
Enterprise To Ebitda 4.695
Enterprise To Revenue 2.935
Enterprise Value 11,269,862,400
Eps Current Year 8.14073
Eps Forward 9.1531
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.83
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,320,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 972 371 5201
Fifty Day Average 55.3728
Fifty Day Average Change -1.6027985
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.028945593
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 28.468346
Fifty Two Week High 66.84
Fifty Two Week High Change -13.069996
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.19554155
Fifty Two Week Low 37.14
Fifty Two Week Low Change 16.630001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.44776526
Fifty Two Week Range 37.14 - 66.84
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,328,193,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.77
Float Shares 115,596,338
Forward Eps 9.1531
Forward P E 5.8745127
Free Cashflow -907,763,968
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 483
Fullday Change -2.0692978
Fullday Change Percent -3.7494073
Fullday Price 53.77
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.8239
Gross Profits 3,163,527,936
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.07092
Held Percent Institutions 0.9857
Implied Shares Outstanding 123,754,216
Industry Oil & Gas E&P
Industry Disp Oil & Gas E&P
Industry Key oil-gas-e-p
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,320,000
Last Dividend Value 0.375
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Matador Resources Company, an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas resources in the United States. It operates through two segments, Exploration and Production; and Midstream. The company primarily holds interests in the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Delaware Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. It also operates the Haynesville shale and Cotton Valley plays in Northwest Louisiana. In addition, the company conducts midstream operations in support of its exploration, development, and production operations. Further, it provides natural gas processing and oil transportation services; and oil, natural gas, and produced water gathering services, as well as produced water disposal services to third parties, as well as sells natural gas to unaffiliated independent marketing companies and unaffiliated midstream companies. The company was formerly known as Matador Holdco, Inc. and changed its name to Matador Resources Company in August 2011. Matador Resources Company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Long Name Matador Resources Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 6,654,264,320
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_11888172
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 723,691,008
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 6,450,069,737
Number Of Analyst Opinions 20
Open 55.12
Operating Cashflow 2,603,782,912
Operating Margins 0.492
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.2466
Peg Ratio 0.45
Phone 972 371 5200
Post Market Change -0.6492996
Post Market Change Percent -1.2075499
Post Market Price 53.1207
Post Market Time 1,792,098,877
Previous Close 55.19
Price Eps Current Year 6.6050587
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.124613
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.7330213
Profit Margins 0.18847999
Quick Ratio 0.45
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.42857
Region US
Regular Market Change -1.42
Regular Market Change Percent -2.57293
Regular Market Day High 55.73
Regular Market Day Low 53.515
Regular Market Day Range 53.515 - 55.73
Regular Market Open 55.12
Regular Market Previous Close 55.19
Regular Market Price 53.77
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,402
Regular Market Volume 1,449,960
Return On Assets 0.059180003
Return On Equity 0.13592
Revenue Growth 0.268
Revenue Per Share 30.901
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Energy
Sector Disp Energy
Sector Key energy
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 123,754,216
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1191
Shares Short 14,736,730
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 13,794,333
Short Name Matador Resources Company
Short Percent Of Float 0.1252
Short Ratio 8.2
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol MTDR
Target High Price 101.0
Target Low Price 62.0
Target Mean Price 70.6
Target Median Price 69.0
Total Cash 26,318,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.213
Total Debt 4,319,641,088
Total Revenue 3,839,689,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.438
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.026055444
Trailing Eps 5.83
Trailing P E 9.222984
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.6115
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 53.5013
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.26869965
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.0050223013
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,449,960
Website https://www.matadorresources.com
Zip 75,240