Matador Resources Co
AI summary CEO and executive cluster open-market purchases following strong Q2 earnings beat and increased full-year production guidance.
- Research score
- 58
- AI adjustment
- +9
Research score, not a recommendation.
Market data
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Why this score
Research score: a weighted blend of the five factors, times the routine and offering discounts, minus the selling penalty.
Why are they buying?
AI · discretionary · catalyst credible · documentedThe insider purchases occurred shortly after Matador Resources reported record second-quarter 2026 financial and operating results, which included an earnings beat, increased full-year production guidance, and the execution of several major strategic acquisitions.
Chairman and CEO Joseph Wm. Foran, along with other executives, acquired shares in the open market during August 2026, reinforcing confidence following transformational transactions in the Delaware Basin and robust free cash flow generation.
Stock Price & Insider Purchase History
Daily close price with open-market insider purchases plotted over time
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| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 → 2026-08-26 | Foran Joseph Wm 48 purchases with a 63-day result · median +2.0% | CEO | 19,794 | $51.88 avg | $1.0M | |
| 2026-08-10 | Foran Joseph Wm | 3,130 | $51.04 | $159.8K | SEC filing for Foran Joseph Wm (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-11 | Foran Joseph Wm | 709 | $51.68 | $36.6K | SEC filing for Foran Joseph Wm (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-12 | Foran Joseph Wm | 10,000 | $52.16 | $521.6K | SEC filing for Foran Joseph Wm (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-13 | Foran Joseph Wm | 5,000 | $51.44 | $257.2K | SEC filing for Foran Joseph Wm (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-17 | Foran Joseph Wm | 400 | $53.64 | $21.5K | SEC filing for Foran Joseph Wm (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-26 | Foran Joseph Wm | 555 | $54.49 | $30.2K | SEC filing for Foran Joseph Wm (opens in a new tab) | |
| 2026-08-27 | Calvert Christopher P 8 purchases with a 63-day result · median 0.0% | CFO | 2,500 | $56.64 | $141.6K | SEC filing for Calvert Christopher P (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-08-10 | Elsener William Thomas 8 purchases with a 63-day result · median +1.3% | EVP / SVP | 850 | $50.94 | $43.3K | SEC filing for Elsener William Thomas (opens in a new tab) |
| Total | $1.2M | |||||
Other buying runs at MTDR
A run ends after a pause in the buying, so one company can have several. Returns are the stock's return minus its benchmark's (IWM for small companies, SPY otherwise), from the first open after the run became a cluster. Past results, not a forecast.
After this run became a cluster: 21 days -10.3%63 days –126 days –
| Window | Insiders | Total | Score | 21 days | 63 days | 126 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 → 2026-06-15 | 6 | $681.4K | 69 | -9.5% | +5.1% | – | active |
| 2025-10-30 → 2025-11-06 | 13 | $1.5M | 78 | +14.5% | +18.2% | +36.4% | closed |
| 2025-08-01 → 2025-09-12 | 8 | $584.9K | 58 | -11.1% | -10.4% | +20.1% | closed |
| 2025-04-28 → 2025-05-07 | 10 | $957.9K | 71 | +6.1% | +4.1% | -24.6% | closed |
| 2025-02-21 → 2025-03-14 | 15 | $1.6M | 74 | +3.1% | -15.3% | -15.5% | closed |
| 2024-12-06 → 2024-12-13 | 3 | $166.0K | 50 | +12.9% | -0.5% | -10.6% | closed |
| 2024-08-02 → 2024-09-13 | 9 | $775.7K | 63 | -10.2% | -3.9% | -13.2% | closed |
| 2023-11-16 → 2023-12-13 | 6 | $542.4K | 61 | -0.5% | +16.8% | -10.4% | closed |
| 2023-03-08 → 2023-03-16 | 7 | $494.3K | 66 | +8.0% | -4.6% | +20.6% | closed |
| 2021-11-23 → 2021-12-15 | 6 | $264.2K | 48 | +14.8% | +41.2% | +80.2% | closed |
| 2020-10-30 → 2020-11-17 | 6 | $155.4K | 60 | +48.9% | +125.2% | +259.5% | closed |
| 2020-08-06 → 2020-09-14 | 5 | $53.9K | 44 | -6.4% | -12.2% | +81.3% | closed |