Matador Resources Raises Quarterly Dividend 17% to $0.4375 per Share

Matador Resources Company is raising its quarterly common-stock dividend 17% to $0.4375 per share, lifting the annualized payout to $1.75 starting in the fourth quarter of 2026.

The new quarterly rate compares with $0.375 per share previously, or $1.50 annually. The board declared the $0.4375 payment on Oct. 21, 2026. It is scheduled for Dec. 4, 2026, to shareholders of record Nov. 10, 2026.

Joseph Wm. Foran, the company’s founder, chairman and CEO, called the policy change “the eighth increase in five years.”

Matador is an independent U.S. oil and natural gas company. Matador’s main oil and gas operations are in the Delaware Basin of New Mexico and Texas. It also operates in Louisiana’s Haynesville and Cotton Valley plays.