Liberty Energy Q2 EPS Forecast Boosted by Zacks Research

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research raised their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a research report issued on Tuesday, March 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.13 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.12. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy's current full-year earnings is $0.58 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Liberty Energy's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.14 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on LBRT. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of Liberty Energy in a research report on Friday, December 13th. They set a "neutral" rating and a $19.00 price target for the company. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $26.00 to $24.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 31st. TD Cowen reduced their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of Liberty Energy from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Sunday, January 5th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $24.00 to $22.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $22.30.

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Liberty Energy Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of NYSE:LBRT traded up $0.07 on Friday, hitting $14.62. The company had a trading volume of 1,824,007 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,516,231. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $18.62 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $18.80. Liberty Energy has a 1 year low of $13.86 and a 1 year high of $24.75. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.82 and a beta of 1.58.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.16 by ($0.06). Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 14.28% and a net margin of 7.32%.

Liberty Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th will be given a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. Liberty Energy's dividend payout ratio is presently 17.11%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Michael Stock sold 20,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.82, for a total value of $416,400.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 680,207 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,161,909.74. The trade was a 2.86 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 40,000 shares of company stock worth $808,350. Insiders own 1.90% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of LBRT. FMR LLC increased its position in Liberty Energy by 17.1% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 18,115,282 shares of the company's stock valued at $345,821,000 after acquiring an additional 2,640,119 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 83.5% in the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,828,712 shares of the company's stock worth $96,043,000 after purchasing an additional 2,197,352 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 61.2% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,146,179 shares of the company's stock worth $60,061,000 after purchasing an additional 1,193,918 shares during the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of Liberty Energy in the fourth quarter worth about $20,337,000. Finally, Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 15.9% in the third quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 7,012,382 shares of the company's stock worth $133,866,000 after purchasing an additional 963,068 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.22% of the company's stock.

Liberty Energy Company Profile

Liberty Energy Inc provides hydraulic services and related technologies to onshore oil and natural gas exploration, and production companies in North America. The company offers hydraulic fracturing services, including complementary services, such as wireline services, proppant delivery solutions, field gas processing and treating, compressed natural gas (CNG) delivery, data analytics, related goods comprising sand mine operations, and technologies; and well site fueling and logistics.