Diamondback Energy: Pay

Diamondback Energy paid its 6 named executives $58.2M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO M. Kaes Van’t Hof was paid $14.9M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $338
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Travis D. SticeExecutive Chairman
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
5 years
M. Kaes Van’t HofChief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
5 years
Daniel N. WessonExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
5 years
Matt ZmigroskyExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
5 years
Jere W. Thompson IIIExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
1 year
Teresa L. “Tracy” DickExecutive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Secretary
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
5 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 7 peers with pay on file was $17.3M. The CEO of Diamondback Energy was paid $14.9M, 14% below the median.

  1. 1Conocophillips
  2. 2Phillips 66
  3. 3Eog Resources
  4. 4SLB Limited/NV
  5. 5EQT
  6. 6Diamondback Energy
  7. 7APA
  8. 8Expand Energy
  9. 9Cheniere Energy, Inc.Not disclosed
  10. 10Coterra Energy Inc.Not disclosed
  11. 11Devon Energy CorporationNot disclosed
  12. 12Occidental Petroleum CorporationNot disclosed
  13. 13Ovintiv Inc.Not disclosed
  14. 14Williams CompaniesNot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.