Matador Resources Company
boothcheck covers Matador Resources Company (MTDR) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed June 27, 2026.
• Matador is an oil-weighted Delaware Basin producer that pairs its drilling with a midstream business, the San Mateo joint venture it owns 51% alongside partner Five Point, giving it control over its own gathering and processing. • The biggest risk is the commodity itself: the stock trades around 9x operating income and near book value, a discount that reflects the market's reluctance to capitalize oil-cycle earnings, and the price moves with crude regardless of how well the company drills. • W
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477 institutional managers reported holding MTDR in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 94% of the company; the top 10 hold 46%. 112 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 12.8M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 10% of shares outstanding (7.6 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
MTDR's share count grew 5.7% over the past five years even with $56.56M spent on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 5 years running, raised 4 years straight; the current rate is $1.31 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $356.28M in dividends and $56.56M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at MTDR over the trailing three years: 2023: 9 buys totaling $552k; 2024: 20 buys totaling $1.11M; 2025: 73 buys totaling $4.65M; 2026: 12 buys totaling $720k. 20 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
MTDR's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-29 | -7.0% | +10.6% |
| 2023-10-28 | -3.6% | -5.9% |
| 2024-02-28 | +2.1% | -2.6% |
| 2024-04-27 | +0.9% | -9.2% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
MTDR's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-05 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-07-24 (items 1.01, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-07-22 (items 7.01, 9.01); 2026-06-16 (items 1.01, 2.03, 5.07, 9.01); 2026-05-06 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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