10 Hottest Large-Cap Stocks So Far in 2025

8. Diamondback Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FANG)
  • YTD Performance: 6.5%

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) is another oil company on this list. I believe that no oil company is truly “special.” You’ll likely find FANG stock at a much bigger discount when the economic pendulum swings the other way and energy demand dampens.

It’s still worth looking at in the meantime, though. The top-line increase is due to a merger with Endeavor Energy Resources which immediately boosted the company’s production. In the third quarter, Diamondback generated about $1.2 billion in net cash from operating activities while holding capital expenditures to about $688 million. This gives them a fairly healthy cushion of cash flow. Plus, they repurchased roughly 2.9 million shares in the quarter and bumped up their share-repurchase authorization to $6 billion.

The dividend yield is at 4.67% right now, so it’s far from a bad deal.