Q2 Earnings Estimate for EQT Issued By Capital One Financial

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Capital One Financial dropped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of EQT in a research note issued on Monday, March 3rd. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.66 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.72. The consensus estimate for EQT's current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for EQT's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.82 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.12 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on the stock. Scotiabank downgraded shares of EQT from a "sector outperform" rating to a "sector perform" rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $55.00 to $54.00 in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of EQT from $41.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Royal Bank of Canada restated a "sector perform" rating and issued a $49.00 target price on shares of EQT in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of EQT from $52.00 to $53.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded shares of EQT from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $73.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $52.44.

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EQT Trading Up 1.7 %

EQT stock traded up $0.80 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $46.96. The stock had a trading volume of 9,479,347 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,826,783. The company has a quick ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. EQT has a 52-week low of $30.02 and a 52-week high of $56.66. The firm has a market cap of $28.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 117.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a fifty day moving average of $50.58 and a 200 day moving average of $43.03.

EQT (NYSE:EQT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.19. EQT had a net margin of 4.37% and a return on equity of 4.35%. The company had revenue of $1.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion.

EQT Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th were given a dividend of $0.1575 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $0.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.34%. EQT's payout ratio is 157.50%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Sanctuary Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of EQT by 104.7% in the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 63,507 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $2,327,000 after buying an additional 32,484 shares during the last quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama raised its holdings in shares of EQT by 36.7% in the third quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 133,142 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $4,878,000 after buying an additional 35,733 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of EQT by 44.2% in the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 53,555 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $2,379,000 after buying an additional 16,416 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its holdings in shares of EQT by 2.5% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,133,197 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $41,520,000 after buying an additional 28,129 shares during the last quarter. Finally, D.A. Davidson & CO. raised its holdings in shares of EQT by 13.4% in the fourth quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 6,467 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $298,000 after buying an additional 762 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.81% of the company's stock.

EQT Company Profile

EQT Corporation operates as a natural gas production company in the United States. The company sells natural gas and natural gas liquids to marketers, utilities, and industrial customers through pipelines located in the Appalachian Basin. It also offers marketing services and contractual pipeline capacity management services.