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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001922446-26-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DEC"
cik: "0001922446"
company_name: "Diversified Energy Co"
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:35:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:37:22.485041+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Diversified Energy Q2 2026 Adj. EBITDA $240M, revenue $504M; updates guidance, launches operated development program

## Summary
- Q2 2026: revenue $504M, net income $248M, Adj. EBITDA $240M, Adj. FCF $115M, capex $40M.
- Average production 1,253 MMcfepd (209 Mboepd); exit rate 1,275 MMcfepd.
- Closed Camino acquisition; sold non-core Barnett/Arkansas assets for $147M; YTD acreage sales $126M.
- Updated FY2026 guidance: production 1,180-1,210 MMcfepd, Adj. EBITDA $960-1,010M, Adj. FCF ~$440M.
- Launched operated development program in Oklahoma with 450+ drilling locations; YTD shareholder returns ~$136M including $93M buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001922446-26-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DEC
- cik: 0001922446
- company_name: Diversified Energy Co
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:35:30+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000192244626000070/0001922446-26-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922446/000192244626000070/dec-20260805.htm

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