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Matador Resources Company (MTDR) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for MTDR, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Energy in US: −3.0% week · −0.0% month · +15.9% quarter · +13.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-26
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta −1.85 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How MTDR has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −1.85 — moves strongly against bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Matador Resources Company moved −1.85% on average · correlation −0.40 · higher than 0% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −2.10 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +2.20% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +1.63% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas E&P · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas E&P · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against MTDR on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Matador Resources Company

MTDR in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Matador Resources explores for and produces oil and natural gas, working mainly the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Delaware Basin across New Mexico and Texas, with additional acreage in the Haynesville and Cotton Valley plays in Louisiana. A midstream arm gathers, processes and moves the gas, oil and produced water the wells generate, and also sells services to outside operators. It is headquartered in Dallas.
Where it sits in the stack
Matador holds no seat in our index and sits outside the layers Closelooknet tracks for the AI build-out; it belongs to the Energy sector, in the Oil & Gas E&P sleeve of our wider universe, alongside other Permian and Haynesville producers.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no peer group recorded for Matador; the comparison the market commonly draws is with other Delaware Basin and Haynesville operators such as Diamondback Energy.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Matador carries no index seat and no diary quotes so far. A Closelooknet score is being assembled, with only one module scored to date, so the read is still forming.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether Matador's midstream build keeps pace with its own production growth, since that balance shapes how much of the upstream barrel it captures itself.

Matador Resources Company (MTDR) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelooknet company score reads 58/100 composite (momentum 40, quality 72, valuation 82) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Stifel, 2026-09-09

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for MTDR from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Stifel — target 66 Target set to $66 (+8.8% to spot) 2026-09-09

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.91%, quarterly · buybacks 56 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What MTDR pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.50 USD per share · a 2.91% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +59.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.94 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.38 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-10
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.31 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.13 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-28
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 163 m USD 24% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 56 m USD 0.9% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.4% in FY2025 18 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 219 m USD · 91% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Matador Resources Company (MTDR)?

Matador Resources Company trades as MTDR on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is MTDR in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Matador Resources Company is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

What is Matador Resources Company's Closelooknet composite score?

58 out of 100, with momentum 40, quality 72 and valuation 82 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does MTDR trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -5.4% vs the 50-day and -1.3% vs the 200-day average, 21.8% below the 52-week high and +43.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Matador Resources Company trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Matador Resources Company had a beta of −1.85 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly against bonds, higher than 0% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +2.20% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Matador Resources Company do?

Matador Resources explores for and produces oil and natural gas, working mainly the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Delaware Basin across New Mexico and Texas, with additional acreage in the Haynesville and Cotton Valley plays in Louisiana. A midstream arm gathers, processes and moves the gas, oil and produced water the wells generate, and also sells services to outside operators. It is headquartered in Dallas. The diary has no peer group recorded for Matador; the comparison the market commonly draws is with other Delaware Basin and Haynesville operators such as Diamondback Energy.

Where does Matador Resources Company sit in the AI build-out?

Matador holds no seat in our index and sits outside the layers Closelooknet tracks for the AI build-out; it belongs to the Energy sector, in the Oil & Gas E&P sleeve of our wider universe, alongside other Permian and Haynesville producers. Matador carries no index seat and no diary quotes so far. A Closelooknet score is being assembled, with only one module scored to date, so the read is still forming.

Does Matador Resources Company pay a dividend?

Matador Resources Company has paid 1.50 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.91% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.38 USD on 2026-08-10. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 163 m USD in dividends and bought back 56 m USD of its own shares, 91% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.4% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Matador Resources Company recently?

The most recent analyst action on Matador Resources Company on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Stifel on 2026-09-09 (target 66). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for MTDR, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

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