Liberty Energy Q4 EPS Estimate Boosted by Seaport Res Ptn

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lifted their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Liberty Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Sunday, January 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.47 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.46. Seaport Res Ptn currently has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy's current full-year earnings is $1.72 per share.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 16th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.55 by ($0.10). Liberty Energy had a net margin of 8.02% and a return on equity of 18.50%. The firm had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.14 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.85 EPS. Liberty Energy's revenue for the quarter was down 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other equities analysts also recently weighed in on LBRT. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on shares of Liberty Energy in a report on Friday, December 13th. They set a "neutral" rating and a $19.00 price target on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $23.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. TD Cowen reduced their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $19.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Evercore ISI upgraded shares of Liberty Energy to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Liberty Energy has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $22.20.

Liberty Energy Price Performance

NYSE:LBRT traded down $0.27 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $21.34. 2,861,709 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,995,635. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. Liberty Energy has a 1 year low of $16.57 and a 1 year high of $24.75. The company has a market cap of $3.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.16 and a beta of 1.66. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $18.48 and a 200 day moving average price of $19.65.

Institutional Trading of Liberty Energy

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in LBRT. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 1,193,918 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in Liberty Energy by 4.5% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 872,215 shares of the company's stock worth $16,651,000 after acquiring an additional 37,927 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its stake in Liberty Energy by 2.4% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 2,631,360 shares of the company's stock worth $53,706,000 after acquiring an additional 61,909 shares during the period. Tidal Investments LLC lifted its stake in Liberty Energy by 14.6% in the third quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 14,299 shares of the company's stock worth $273,000 after acquiring an additional 1,817 shares during the period. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new stake in Liberty Energy in the third quarter worth about $403,000. 98.22% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Liberty Energy news, CEO Christopher A. Wright sold 12,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.44, for a total transaction of $209,280.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,606,813 shares in the company, valued at $45,462,818.72. The trade was a 0.46 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Michael Stock sold 5,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.45, for a total transaction of $92,250.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 720,207 shares of the company's stock, valued at $13,287,819.15. This represents a 0.69 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 77,973 shares of company stock worth $1,471,335. Insiders own 3.60% of the company's stock.

Liberty Energy Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th were given a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 6th. This is a boost from Liberty Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. Liberty Energy's payout ratio is currently 15.24%.

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.