Matador Resources Co
31 story beats from 2017 to 2026
The story so far
The events that changed the company's story, in plain English, each written against everything known about the company at the time. The dot shows whether it was good, bad or neutral for shareholders.
shares on issue market cap (log scale)
2026124m shares · US$6.17bn market cap
- 24 July
Matador agreed to buy Paloma Permian for $1.275 billion cash -- its third billion-dollar-plus Delaware Basin acquisition in under four years -- adding producing properties and undeveloped acreage in Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico, with the deal backed by a representation-and-warranty insurance policy in place of seller indemnities.
material agreement
124m shUS$6.17bn - 5 Mar
The new 2034 notes closed, netting about $737 million.
debt financing
124m shUS$6.39bn - 27 Feb
Matador priced a new $750 million senior notes offering (6.000% due 2034), positioned alongside its existing 2028 notes -- continued refinancing/extension of its debt maturity profile.
material agreement
124m shUS$6.39bn
2025124m shares · US$5.59bn market cap
- 15 Oct
Matador raised its dividend 20%, to $0.375 per share ($1.50/year, up from $1.25/year) -- its fastest string of consecutive annual increases since introducing the payout in 2021.
dividend declaration
124m shUS$5.59bn - 16 Apr
Matador raised its dividend to $0.3125 per share, a 25% increase from the $0.25 rate set the prior quarter.
dividend declaration
125m shUS$6.40bn
2024125m shares · US$6.17bn market cap
- 16 Oct
Matador raised its dividend to $0.25 per share ($1.00/year), the first increase since the 33% raise a year earlier -- continued growth in shareholder returns alongside its acquisition-driven expansion.
dividend declaration
125m shUS$6.17bn - 25 Sept
The 2033 notes closed, netting about $736 million.
debt financing
125m shUS$7.08bn - 20 Sept
Following the Ameredev close, Matador priced $750 million of new 6.250% Senior Notes due 2033 to help term out the acquisition debt.
material agreement
125m shUS$7.08bn - 19 Sept
Matador closed the Ameredev Stateline II acquisition for an adjusted $1.832 billion, funded in part by drawing the full $250 million new term loan and expanding its revolver commitment to $2.25 billion -- total borrowings under the credit facility reached $1.865 billion.
asset acquisition disposition
125m shUS$7.08bn - 12 June
Matador agreed to buy Ameredev Stateline II for $1.905 billion cash -- its second blockbuster Delaware Basin deal in under 18 months -- adding producing properties and undeveloped acreage in Lea County, New Mexico and Loving/Winkler Counties, Texas, plus a roughly 19% stake in Pinon Midstream, LLC. To help fund it, Matador lined up a new $250 million term loan and an increase in its revolver commitment to $2.25 billion.
material agreement
125m shUS$7.92bn - 2 Apr
Matador completed its cash tender offer for the outstanding 5.875% Senior Notes due 2026, using proceeds from the new 2032 notes -- wrapping up the refinancing.
debt financing
125m shUS$8.33bn - 28 Mar
Alongside the notes offering, Matador raised about $345 million in an underwritten equity offering of 5.25 million shares at $65.65/share.
material agreement
119m shUS$7.98bn - 27 Mar
Matador priced $900 million of new 6.500% Senior Notes due 2032, positioning to refinance its existing 2026 notes at a longer maturity.
material agreement
119m shUS$7.54bn
2023119m shares · US$7.09bn market cap
- 19 Oct
Matador again expanded its credit facility (borrowing base to $2.5 billion, maximum facility to $2.0 billion, elected commitment to $1.325 billion) and, in the same announcement, raised its dividend 33% to $0.20 per share -- continued balance-sheet growth alongside returning more cash to shareholders.
debt financing
119m shUS$7.09bn - 13 Apr
Matador closed the Advance Energy Partners acquisition, paying an adjusted purchase price of approximately $1.598 billion in cash -- its largest deal to date, completed less than three months after signing.
asset acquisition disposition
119m shUS$5.68bn - 11 Apr
The 2028 notes closed, netting about $488 million; the notes mature April 2028 and carry the same subsidiary guarantees and change-of-control protections as Matador's other senior notes.
debt financing
119m shUS$5.68bn - 4 Apr
Matador priced $500 million of new 6.875% Senior Notes due 2028 -- upsized from the previously announced $400 million -- to help fund the pending Advance Energy Partners acquisition.
material agreement
119m shUS$5.68bn - 3 Apr
Ahead of closing the Advance Energy Partners deal, Matador expanded its credit facility (elected commitment from $775 million to $1.25 billion, borrowing base reaffirmed at $2.25 billion) and switched administrative agents from Royal Bank of Canada to Truist Bank; it also announced plans for a $400 million private notes offering.
debt financing
119m shUS$5.68bn - 15 Feb
Matador raised its dividend 50%, to $0.15 per share, under a policy adopted in December 2022.
dividend declaration
119m shUS$7.87bn - 24 Jan
Matador agreed to buy Advance Energy Partners Holdings for $1.6 billion cash (plus contingent payments of $7.5 million per month in 2023 whenever WTI oil averages above $85) -- by far its largest acquisition to date, adding roughly 18,500 net acres, 99% held by production, in the core northern Delaware Basin adjacent to its existing Ranger area in Lea County, New Mexico.
material agreement
119m shUS$6.81bn
2022118m shares · US$5.50bn market cap
- 25 July
Matador doubled its dividend again, to $0.10 per share, under a revised policy adopted in June 2022 -- its second doubling in under a year.
dividend declaration
118m shUS$5.50bn
2021117m shares · US$4.91bn market cap
- 18 Nov
Matador and its lenders signed a Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement: maximum facility reaffirmed at $1.5 billion, borrowing base raised to $1.35 billion, elected commitment held at $700 million, and maturity extended to October 2026 -- a comprehensive refresh of the facility that had backed the company since 2012.
debt financing
117m shUS$4.91bn - 25 Oct
Matador doubled its dividend policy to $0.05 per share (from $0.025), the first raise since the payout was introduced nine months earlier.
dividend declaration
117m shUS$4.45bn - 22 Feb
Matador adopted a dividend policy and declared its first-ever quarterly cash dividend, $0.025 per share -- a new capital-return commitment on top of its growth spending.
dividend declaration
117m shUS$1.79bn
2018116m shares · US$3.36bn market cap
- 1 Nov
Matador's credit facility was substantially expanded: maximum facility size raised to $1.5 billion, borrowing base to $850 million, elected commitment to $500 million, maturity extended to October 2023, the interest rate cut by 0.25%, and a 4.00x leverage covenant set -- reflecting the company's growing scale and improved lender terms.
debt financing
116m shUS$3.36bn - 4 Oct
Matador tapped the same notes for an additional $300 million (total now $1.05 billion outstanding), netting about $298 million, which it used to pay down its revolving credit facility.
debt financing
116m shUS$3.85bn - 21 Aug
The $750 million notes offering closed, netting $740 million; the notes mature September 2026, are guaranteed by Matador's subsidiaries, and require a change-of-control repurchase offer at 101% of face value.
debt financing
116m shUS$3.90bn - 9 Aug
Matador priced $750 million of new 5.875% Senior Notes due 2026, intending to use the proceeds to tender for its existing 6.875% Senior Notes due 2023 -- refinancing to a lower rate and a longer maturity.
debt financing
116m shUS$3.90bn - 17 May
A further equity raise: 7 million shares at $32.3731/share, about $227 million gross -- continued funding for Matador's growth.
material agreement
109m shUS$3.58bn
2017100m shares · US$2.73bn market cap
- 10 Oct
Matador raised about $209 million in an underwritten equity offering of 8 million shares at $26.09/share -- growth capital as the company scaled up its Permian Basin drilling program.
material agreement
100m shUS$2.73bn - 24 Feb
Matador formed San Mateo Midstream, LLC, a joint venture with Five Point Capital Partners: Matador contributed its Wolf and Rustler Breaks midstream assets (valued at $350 million) plus $5.1 million cash for 51%, while Five Point contributed $176.4 million cash for 49% (most of it immediately paid back to Matador as capex reimbursement). Both partners committed tens of millions more in follow-on capital -- Matador's first major midstream joint venture, monetizing infrastructure it had already built.
asset acquisition disposition
99.5m shUS$2.62bn