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Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Matador Resources Company · 10-Q · Q2 FY2026 · Period ended Jun 30, 2026
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Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes to the sources and effects of our market risk since December 31, 2025, which are disclosed in Part II, Item 7A of the Annual Report and incorporated herein by reference.
Commodity price exposure. We are exposed to market risk as the prices of oil, natural gas and NGLs fluctuate as a result of changes in supply and demand and other factors. To partially reduce price risk caused by these market fluctuations, we have entered into derivative financial instruments in the past and expect to enter into derivative financial instruments in the future to cover a significant portion of our anticipated future production.
We typically use costless (or zero-cost) collars, three-way collars and/or swap contracts to manage risks related to changes in oil, natural gas and NGL prices. Costless collars provide us with downside price protection through the purchase of a put option that is financed through the sale of a call option. Because the call option proceeds are used to offset the cost of the put option, these arrangements are initially “costless” to us. Three-way costless collars also provide us with downside price protection through the purchase of a put option, but they also allow us to participate in price upside through the purchase of a call option. The purchase of both the put option and call option are financed through the sale of a call option. Because the proceeds from the call option sale are used to offset the cost of the purchased put and call options, these arrangements are also initially “costless” to us. In the case of a costless collar, the put option or options and the call option or options have different fixed price components. When the settlement price is below the price floor established by the collar, we receive from our counterparty an amount equal to the difference between the settlement price and the price floor multiplied by the contract oil, natural gas or NGL volume. When the settlement price is above the price ceiling established by the costless collar, we pay our counterparty an amount equal to the difference between the settlement price and the price ceiling multiplied by the contract oil, natural gas or NGL volume. In a swap contract, a floating price is exchanged for a fixed price over a specified period, providing downside price protection. At times we have also purchased calls to mitigate potential losses associated with our costless collar contracts in a rising oil price environment.
We record all derivative financial instruments at fair value, which is determined using purchase and sale information available for similarly traded securities. Additionally, we have considered the credit standing of the counterparties in determining the fair value of our derivative financial instruments.
At June 30, 2026, we had various costless collar contracts open and in place to mitigate our exposure to oil and natural gas price volatility, each with an established price floor and ceiling. At June 30, 2026, we had oil price call contracts open and in place to mitigate our exposure to oil price volatility with an established strike price. At June 30, 2026, we had natural gas swap and natural gas basis differential swap contracts open and in place to mitigate our exposure to natural gas price volatility, with a specific term (calculation period), notional quantity (volume hedged) and fixed price. We had no open contracts associated with NGL prices at June 30, 2026.
See Note 8, Derivative Financial Instruments, in this Quarterly Report for a summary of our open derivative financial instruments. Such information is incorporated herein by reference.
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