Matador Resources

MTDR · NYSE · Energy · Financials, fiscal 2016 to 2025

MTDR · Last close · October 26, 2026

$60.09

Matador Resources' revenue rose 5.5% to $3.7 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 33.2%, down from 40.9% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $270 million. It paid out $219 million in dividends and buybacks, 81% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.4%.

Matador Resources Company Latest fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 10-K filed February 26, 2026 · 0001520006-26-000002 Updated October 9, 2026

Revenue

$3.7B

5.5%

Operating margin

33.2%

7.8 pts

Net income

$759M

14.2%

Free cash flow

$270M

Return on equity

14.1%

5.5 pts

Market cap

$7.5B

Oct 26 close

P/E

10.3x

On $5.83 EPS, 4 qtrs

Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on equity is net income as a share of shareholders' equity. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.

About these figures. Matador doesn't report a gross profit; the only cost of sales its filings tag is a small line for its midstream and purchased-oil business, so gross profit and gross margin are left blank. Matador's filings to 2021 tag its senior notes, its credit line and its midstream subsidiary's credit line separately, with no total (2018 and 2019 show the notes alone), so debt and debt-based ratios are left blank in every year, to keep the years comparable.

Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.

Revenue and margins

Revenue

US$ billions, fiscal years

Margins

Percent of revenue

GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2017 to 2025, earnings per share grew 22.1% a year and net income 25.2% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 22% and diluted each share's earnings.

Net income

US$ billions, fiscal years; loss years in red.

Diluted earnings per share

US$ per share, fiscal years, restated for any stock splits; loss years in red.

Returns on capital

Return on capital and on equity

Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.

Return on capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow

US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure; negative years in red.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks

US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year

DividendsShare buybacks

Diluted share count

Weighted-average diluted shares, millions

Valuation

Two ways to value Matador Resources yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.

Discounted cash flow (DCF)

A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Matador Resources' 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.

The example scenarios need Matador Resources' net cash, which its filings' structured data doesn't give for its latest year. You can enter your own figure in the calculator.

From the filings

Starting free cash flow, US$ millions

Cash from operations minus depreciation in fiscal 2025: a rough guide to cash flow before spending to grow, for a company building heavily.

Net cash, US$ millions Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at December 31, 2025. Negative means net debt.

Diluted shares, millions

Weighted-average diluted shares in fiscal 2025.

Your assumptions

Start from

Fitted to Matador Resources's own revenue growth, as above. Cautious: growth of 3.5% then 3% a year, 2% after year 10, a 13% discount rate. Base: growth of 6.5% then 4.5% a year, 2.5% after year 10, a 12% discount rate. Optimistic: growth of 10% then 6.5% a year, 3% after year 10, a 11% discount rate.

Free cash flow growth, years 1 to 5 (% a year)

Free cash flow growth, years 6 to 10 (% a year)

Growth after year 10 (% a year)Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation, and always below the discount rate.

Discount rate (% a year)The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.

Value per share on these assumptions

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Last close, October 26, 2026: $60.09
Value on these assumptions, against the last close: —

Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today: —
Everything after year 10, valued today: —
Plus net cash: —
Share of value from after year 10: —

Projected free cash flow

US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.

Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.

How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation. The last close is the consolidated US closing price, from Databento.

Price-to-earnings (P/E) method

Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from Matador Resources' earnings per share of $5.83 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 13.8×, the average of the Energy median and Matador Resources' own P/E today for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 13%, 12% and 11%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

Earnings per share, US$

Diluted earnings per share over the four quarters to June 30, 2026, from the 10-Qs and 10-K.

P/E multiple

P/E today is the last close divided by the latest earnings per share, the four quarters' where available. Peers: Range Resources.

Earnings growth in the years ahead (% a year) Starts at Matador Resources' revenue growth over the last 3 years, 6.5% a year, as the base scenario does.

Earnings per share in the years ahead, US$

Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5

Type your own estimate for any year; the years after it carry on at the growth rate.

Apply the multiple to earnings

A multiple on a future year's earnings gives the price then, brought back to today at the discount rate below.

Discount rate (% a year) The yearly return an investor wants for the risk, as in the cash flow model.

Value per share today at this multiple

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Last close, October 26, 2026: $60.09
Value at this multiple, against the last close: —
Matador Resources' P/E at the last close: 10.3×

Company	Last close	Earnings per share	P/E today
Range ResourcesRRC	$53.56	$3.62	14.8×
Matador ResourcesMTDR	$60.09	$5.83	10.3×

How the P/E method works. Value per share is earnings per share times the multiple. On a future year's earnings, that gives the price in that year, which is brought back to today at the discount rate: price ÷ (1 + discount rate) for each year ahead. It is quick and easy to compare across companies, but it ignores debt and cash, and earnings can swing with one-off gains and charges, so a multiple says most about steady, profitable businesses. Like the cash flow model, the result depends entirely on the assumptions you choose. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation.

Balance sheet

Fiscal year end	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Cash and short-term investments	48	505	53	23	15
Debt incl. finance leases	—	—	—	—	—
Net debt (negative means net cash)	—	—	—	—	—
Net debt to EBITDA	—	—	—	—	—
Debt to equity	—	—	—	—	—
Interest coverage	10.6x	26.2x	9.9x	8.4x	5.9x
Current ratio	0.8x	1.9x	1.0x	0.9x	0.8x
Quick ratio	0.8x	1.9x	1.0x	0.9x	0.8x

US$ millions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.

Insider trades

Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 14 insiders bought $3.5 million of Matador Resources shares on the open market, and none sold any.

Date	Insider	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
Aug 27, 2026	Christopher P CalvertEVP and CFO	Bought	2,500	$56.64	$141,600	Form 4
Aug 26, 2026	Joseph Wm ForanChairman and CEO, Director	Bought	555	$54.49	$30,242	Form 4
Aug 17, 2026	Joseph Wm ForanChairman and CEO, Director	Bought	400	$53.64	$21,456	Form 4
Aug 13, 2026	Joseph Wm ForanChairman and CEO, Director	Bought	5,000	$51.44	$257,200	Form 4
Aug 12, 2026	Joseph Wm ForanChairman and CEO, Director	Bought	10,000	$52.16	$521,600	Form 4
Aug 11, 2026	Joseph Wm ForanChairman and CEO, Director	Bought	709	$51.68	$36,641	Form 4
Aug 10, 2026	Joseph Wm ForanChairman and CEO, Director	Bought	3,130	$51.04	$159,755	Form 4
Aug 10, 2026	William Thomas ElsenerEVP, Reservoir Engineering	Bought	850	$50.94	$43,299	Form 4
Jun 15, 2026	Robert Gaines BatyDirector	Bought	500	$51.44	$25,720	Form 4
Jun 9, 2026	Joseph Wm ForanChairman and CEO, Director	Bought	2,000	$53.07	$106,140	Form 4
Jun 9, 2026	Glenn W StetsonEVP and COO	Bought	500	$53.41	$26,705	Form 4
Jun 8, 2026	Monika U EhrmanDirector	Bought	362	$55.28	$20,011	Form 4

The latest 12 of 42 trades. Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from their Form 4 filings with the SEC: one row per person, day and filing, at the day's average price. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax aren't counted. Insiders buy and sell for many reasons, such as taxes, spreading their savings or a plan set up months earlier, so a trade on its own says little about where a company is heading. For information only, not investment advice. Insider trades at all companies

Piotroski F-score

The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.

Test	FY23	FY24	FY25
Net income is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Cash from operations is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Return on assets rose	Fail	Fail	Fail
Cash from operations exceeds net income	Pass	Pass	Pass
Debt fell relative to assets	—	—	—
Current ratio rose	Fail	Fail	Fail
Share count didn't rise	Pass	Fail	Fail
Gross margin rose	—	—	—
Revenue rose relative to assets	Fail	Fail	Fail
F-score	—	—	—
Accruals ratio	−15.4%	−14.7%	−14.8%

The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

Compare

Put Matador Resources side by side with any other company we cover: revenue, growth, margins, cash flow and returns, with ten years of charts.

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Company	Year	Revenue growth	Operating margin	Free cash flow margin	Return on capital	Net debt to EBITDA	F-score	Compare
Matador Resources	FY25	5.5%	33.2%	7.3%	—	—	—
California Resources	FY25	14.7%	16.3%	14.8%	9.5%	1.0x	4	Compare
Crescent Energy	FY25	22.1%	6.4%	—	2.3%	4.0x	—	Compare
SM Energy	FY25	17.2%	31.7%	—	11.1%	—	6	Compare
Range Resources	FY25	28.9%	—	18.9%	13.7%	0.9x	8	Compare

Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow as a share of revenue. Net debt to EBITDA is explained under the balance sheet, and the F-score above.

10 years of figures

Fiscal year	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Income statement
Revenue	264	544	900	984	862	1,663	3,058	2,807	3,505	3,696
Revenue growth	−16.9%	105.8%	65.3%	9.3%	−12.4%	92.9%	83.9%	−8.2%	24.9%	5.5%
Gross profit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Research and development	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Operating income	−177	161	363	236	−522	793	1,759	1,209	1,435	1,226
Net income	−97	126	274	88	−593	585	1,214	846	885	759
Diluted EPS (US$)	−1.07	1.23	2.41	0.75	−5.11	4.91	10.11	7.05	7.14	6.09
Diluted shares (millions)	91	102	114	117	116	119	120	120	124	125
Cash flow
Cash from operations	134	299	608	552	478	1,053	1,979	1,868	2,247	2,425
Capital expenditure	454	873	1,505	946	722	838	1,063	3,228	3,906	2,155
Free cash flow	−320	−574	−896	−394	−244	215	915	−1,360	−1,660	270
Dividends paid	0	0	0	0	0	15	35	77	105	163
Share buybacks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56
Acquisitions	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	0	0	0
Stock-based compensation	12	17	17	18	14	9	15	14	15	18
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments	213	96	64	40	58	48	505	53	23	15
Debt incl. finance leases	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total assets	1,465	2,146	3,456	4,070	3,687	4,262	5,554	7,727	10,850	11,711
Total liabilities	773	888	1,676	2,100	2,174	2,135	2,237	3,599	5,393	5,714
Shareholders' equity	690	1,157	1,689	1,834	1,286	1,907	3,111	3,911	5,089	5,658
Margins and ratios
Gross margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Operating margin	−67.0%	29.6%	40.4%	23.9%	−60.5%	47.7%	57.5%	43.1%	40.9%	33.2%
Net margin	−36.8%	23.1%	30.5%	8.9%	−68.8%	35.2%	39.7%	30.1%	25.3%	20.5%
Free cash flow margin	−121.1%	−105.4%	−99.6%	−40.0%	−28.3%	12.9%	29.9%	−48.5%	−47.4%	7.3%
Return on capital	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on equity	−16.5%	13.6%	19.3%	5.0%	−38.0%	36.6%	48.4%	24.1%	19.7%	14.1%
Return on assets	−7.5%	7.0%	9.8%	2.3%	−15.3%	14.7%	24.7%	12.7%	9.5%	6.7%
Net debt to EBITDA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

US$ millions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)

Source: Matador Resources' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with Matador Resources.