FANG — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of FANG's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-08-05 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-05-06
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +54 | −58 | ~36 | 56 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | +1 | −1 | ~3 | 0 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Risk factors | No material changes reported (points to the 10-K) | — | — | — | — |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +10 | −2 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-05
•Our cash operating costs were $10.96 per BOE, including lease operating expenses of $5.96 per BOE, cash general and administrative expenses of $0.52 per BOE, production and ad valorem taxes of $3.26 per BOE and gathering, processing and transportation expenses of $1.22 per BOE.
•Incurred cash capital expenditures, excluding acquisitions, of $996 million.
•Paid dividends to stockholders, including dividend equivalent rights, of $311 million, or $1.10 per share, during the second quarter of 2026 and declared a base cash dividend payable in the third quarter of 2026 of $1.10 per share of common stock.
•Repurchased $141 million of our common stock, excluding excise taxes.
•Retired approximately $828 million in aggregate principal of our senior notes and $550 million in outstanding borrowings on our 2025 Term Loan, which was terminated upon repayment.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-06
•Recorded net income of $25 million, which includes impairment of approximately $1.4 billion recorded on our proved oil and natural gas properties.
•Our cash operating costs were $11.26 per BOE, including lease operating expenses of $6.21 per BOE, cash general and administrative expenses of $0.65 per BOE, production and ad valorem taxes of $3.04 per BOE and gathering, processing and transportation expenses of $1.36 per BOE.
•Incurred cash capital expenditures, excluding acquisitions, of $933 million.
•Paid dividends to stockholders of $295 million, or $1.05 per share, during the first quarter of 2026 and declared a base cash dividend payable in the second quarter of 2026 of $1.10 per share of common stock.
•Repurchased $548 million of our common stock, excluding excise taxes, leaving approximately $2.1 billion available for future repurchases at March 31, 2026.
Controls & procedures
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-05
and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-06
Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any c…
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-05
None of the Company’s directors or officers adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement during the Company’s fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2026.
On August 1, 2026, the compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the board of directors of the Company adopted the Diamondback Energy, Inc. Executive Retirement Policy (the “Executive Retirement Policy”), effective as of August 1, 2026, to provide for certain payments and benefits upo…
Pursuant to the Executive Retirement Policy, a qualifying retirement generally occurs when a participant voluntarily retires from employment on or after the date on which (i) the participant has attained at least 55 years of age, (ii) the sum of the participant’s age and years of employment equals o…
Upon a qualifying retirement, a participant will be entitled to:
•full accelerated vesting of all outstanding and unvested restricted stock units held by the participant that were granted on or after the effective date of the Executive Retirement Policy;
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-06
On March 17, 2026, Charles A. Meloy, a member of the board of directors of the Company, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 trading agreement intended to satisfy Rule 10b5-1(c), as amended. The plan relates to the sale of up to 150,000 shares of our common stock between June 16, 2026, and November 30, 2026. The s…
None of the Company’s other directors or officers adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement during the Company’s fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice