Why MTDR beats the market
Up 60% in a year while the S&P 500 rose 12%.
- Oil (WTI) went from $60.97 on Oct 28, 2025 to $103.37 a barrel on Oct 27, 2026 (EIA spot price).
MTDR's Quality Score fell 8 points on Mon, Nov 2, to 3.
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Up 60% in a year while the S&P 500 rose 12%.
| Holding it back | Profit down 37% |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 5 |
GroupOil and tanker stocks fell together: “Oil Prices Slide And Energy Stocks Follow Lower”
Tue Nov 10: Ex-dividend, $0.4375 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 4.
1 more date ahead: the conference, for Pro members.
After its last 4 reports it closed -2.9% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Below Averagefor quality, not price, 2 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
MTDR is #56 of 88 by Quality Score.
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Share count against a year before: MTDR -0.2%, SM +108%, PR +19%, CHRD -3.1%.
Reports Tue Nov 3, after the close (tomorrow). Confirmed.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
MTDR's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Oil production growth | up to 7% |
“Looking forward, we also continue to expect meaningful improvement in our realized natural gas prices for the remainder of the year.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Aug 5)
Sales grew 34% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $1.75 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +5.9% | +3.5% | +11.7% |
| May 6, 2026 | +0.9% | -3.8% | -0.8% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | -0.7% | -1.5% | +5.9% |
Sales grew in five of the last seven years, to $3.7B in 2025. It made a profit in seven of the eight years.
5 insiders bought $1.7M across 15 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: MTDR is under 0.1% of DGRO, under 0.1% of VYM, and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
Matador Resources Co is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production, and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources. The majority of the company's assets are located in the United States, with an emphasis on oil and natural gas shale and other unconventional plays. Along with maintaining a portfolio of oil and natural gas properties, Matador works to identify and develop midstream opportunities that support and enhance its exploration and development business. The Company has two reportable business segments: exploration and production and midstream. The company generates majority of its revenue from the exploration and production segment.
“The oil and natural gas industry is highly competitive.”
MTDR scores 3 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #56 of 88 in Oil & Gas by Quality Score, with 2 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 60% in a year while the S&P 500 rose 12%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
MTDR scores 3 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #56 of 88 in Oil & Gas by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind MTDR's 3.
5 insiders bought $1.7M across 15 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest is Joseph Wm Foran, Chairman and CEO, who bought $30K on Aug 26. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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