DEC Stock — Diversified Energy Company

Diversified Energy Company (DEC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

DEC is a Stock. its distribution rate is 7.82%, its trailing-12-month yield is 7.82%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 49/100 (Caution). Total return is 9.9% over the past 8 years, 202.9 points behind SPY at 212.8%.

Diversified Energy Company is an independent energy producer engaged in the extraction, transportation, and marketing of natural gas, oil, and liquids, with operations concentrated in the Appalachian and Central regions of the United States, including the Haynesville and Bossier shale formations in Louisiana and Texas, the Barnett Shale in North Texas, and various other producing basins across the South and Southwest. The company distributes a high current yield to shareholders on a quarterly basis. This business appeals to income-focused investors seeking exposure to domestic energy production.

DEC performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 9.9% over the past 8 years, 202.9 points behind SPY at 212.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 28.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 30.3%.

DEC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

49 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

3.83%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/22/2018

Distribution rate

7.82%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

7.82%

5-year average yield

11.4

Last close

$14.83 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,023,821,958

Average volume

471313.0

Dividend

$0.29

Ex-dividend date

12/02/2026

Payment date

12/31/2026

Beta

0.346

Payout ratio

2.8%

P/E ratio

2.38

Forward P/E

4.6882

EPS

$6.22

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (7.82%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (7.82%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

DEC risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 30.3%.

Who may consider DEC — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (DEC pays quarterly); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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