profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Matador Resources
$53.47+1.25% today
+31.1% in 1 year
1-year low $39.921-year high $65.45
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $8.72 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Matador Resources sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $3.20 billion in 2022 to $3.66 billion in 2025, with $759 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Matador Resources handed back 91% of the cash it generated last year.
$163M
Free cash flow 2025$242M
Bought back its own shares$56M
Paid as dividends$163M
Cash vs. debt$15M vs. $3.5B
Matador Resources vs. similar companies
Matador Resources grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matador Resources | 8.7× · Cheap | ||
 CNOOC | 12.0× · Cheap | ||
 ConocoPhillips | 21.1× · Fair price | ||
 Canadian Natural Resources | 13.4× · Cheap | ||
 EOG Resources | 16.5× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Matador Resources's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851 | 1,862 | 3,197 | 2,818 | 3,479 | 3,657 | |
| – | – | 2,017 | 1,615 | 1,869 | 1,674 | |
| -521 | 793 | 1,898 | 1,220 | 1,409 | 1,187 | |
| -161 | 1,135 | 2,219 | 1,935 | 2,410 | 2,437 | |
| -593 | 585 | 1,214 | 846 | 885 | 759 | |
| -5.11 | 4.91 | 10.11 | 7.05 | 7.14 | 6.09 | |
| – | – | 63.1% | 57.3% | 53.7% | 45.8% | |
| -61.3% | 42.6% | 59.4% | 43.3% | 40.5% | 32.5% | |
| -69.7% | 31.4% | 38.0% | 30.0% | 25.4% | 20.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,687 | 4,262 | 5,555 | 7,727 | 10,850 | 11,711 |
| Cash | 58 | 48 | 505 | 53 | 23 | 15 |
| Total debt | – | – | 1,207 | 2,269 | 3,418 | 3,487 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 2,237 | 3,599 | 5,393 | 5,714 |
| 1,287 | 1,907 | 3,111 | 3,911 | 5,089 | 5,658 | |
| 116 | 119 | 120 | 120 | 124 | 125 | |
| -32.1% | 32.7% | 32.1% | 15.6% | 13.3% | 10.7% | |
| -46.1% | 30.7% | 39.0% | 21.6% | 17.4% | 13.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 478 | 1,053 | 1,979 | 1,868 | 2,247 | 2,425 | |
| 722 | 838 | 1,084 | 1,550 | 1,967 | 2,183 | |
| – | – | 895 | 318 | 280 | 242 | |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 15 | 35 | 77 | 105 | 163 |
| – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 56 | |
| 14 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 18 |
Valuation
- 8.7×
- 7.4×
- –
- 1.2×
- 1.8×
- 27.4×
- 4.1×
- 3.7%
- 11.5%
- 2.4%
Profitability
- 45.8%
- 32.5%
- 20.8%
- 57.6%
- 11.0%
- 18.4%
- 8.7%
- 4.0%
- 10.8%
- –
Growth
- +33.8%
- –
- −13.7%
- –
- +1.2%
Financial health
- 1.4×
- 0.62
- 28.5%
- 6.0×
- 0.79
- 0.70
- 0.30
How it ranks in Energy
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 31%of 467
Top 16%of 466
Top 12%of 387
Top 7%of 461
Bottom 40%of 460
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $68.29
- Range
- $50.00 – $79.00
- 6 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 1.53 | 1.24 | +23.4% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 0.87 | 0.71 | +22.5% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 1.36 | 1.22 | +11.5% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 1.53 | 1.29 | +18.6% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 1.99 | 1.78 | +11.8% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 1.83 | 1.88 | −2.7% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | 1.89 | 1.72 | +9.9% |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 2.05 | 1.76 | +16.5% |
2.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$24a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised4 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.13 in 2021 → $1.31 in 2025
How safe it looks
21.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 67.5%
News
3 Reasons We’re Fans of Matador Resources (MTDR)Yahoo Finance · Sep 26, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 26, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
58No pass
Benjamin Graham
78Pass
Philip Fisher
71Pass
Peter Lynch
96Pass
Joel Greenblatt
58No pass
Charlie Munger
57No pass
Terry Smith
48No pass
Questions about Matador Resources
Is Matador Resources a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Matador Resources AI analysis
What does Matador Resources do?
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. It is in Oil & Gas E&P, based in Dallas, TX, United States, with 483 employees.
Does Matador Resources pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.4% a year, about 21% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $163 million in dividends.
Is Matador Resources stock halal?
No. Matador Resources does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 53% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Matador Resources stock done over the past year?
Up 31.1% over the past twelve months, to $53.47. It traded between $39.92 and $65.45 and is 18.3% below its high.
Who are Matador Resources's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are CNOOC, ConocoPhillips, Canadian Natural Resources and EOG Resources. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Matador Resources's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.