Northland Capmk Brokers Decrease Earnings Estimates for EE

Excelerate Energy, Inc. (NYSE:EE - Free Report) - Analysts at Northland Capmk cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Excelerate Energy in a research note issued on Monday, November 11th. Northland Capmk analyst B. Brooks now forecasts that the company will earn $0.27 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.33. The consensus estimate for Excelerate Energy's current full-year earnings is $1.18 per share.

Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $193.42 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $194.09 million. Excelerate Energy had a return on equity of 1.39% and a net margin of 3.14%. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.40 earnings per share.

EE has been the topic of several other reports. Stephens lifted their price objective on Excelerate Energy from $21.00 to $28.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, October 11th. Northland Securities lifted their price objective on Excelerate Energy from $25.00 to $29.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday. Barclays lifted their price objective on Excelerate Energy from $22.00 to $26.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, October 21st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on Excelerate Energy from $19.00 to $22.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $24.57.

Excelerate Energy Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of NYSE EE traded up $0.02 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $27.93. The company's stock had a trading volume of 140,916 shares, compared to its average volume of 213,704. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 3.43 and a current ratio of 4.12. The stock has a market cap of $2.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.19 and a beta of 1.28. Excelerate Energy has a 12 month low of $13.38 and a 12 month high of $28.60. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $22.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $19.75.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Excelerate Energy

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. BOKF NA raised its holdings in Excelerate Energy by 5.8% in the 1st quarter. BOKF NA now owns 12,700 shares of the company's stock worth $201,000 after acquiring an additional 700 shares during the last quarter. nVerses Capital LLC purchased a new position in Excelerate Energy in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio purchased a new position in Excelerate Energy in the 1st quarter worth approximately $38,000. Rhumbline Advisers raised its holdings in Excelerate Energy by 9.6% in the 2nd quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 29,243 shares of the company's stock worth $539,000 after acquiring an additional 2,553 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Scout Investments Inc. raised its holdings in Excelerate Energy by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Scout Investments Inc. now owns 253,480 shares of the company's stock worth $4,020,000 after acquiring an additional 2,673 shares during the last quarter. 21.79% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Excelerate Energy Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 5th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.06 per share. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.86%. This is a positive change from Excelerate Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 20th. Excelerate Energy's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 10.10%.

About Excelerate Energy

Excelerate Energy, Inc provides flexible liquefied natural gas (LNG) solutions worldwide. The company offers regasification services, including floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), infrastructure development, and LNG and natural gas supply, procurement, and distribution services; LNG terminal services; and natural gas supply to-power projects.