Brokers Set Expectations for EQT's Q4 Earnings (NYSE:EQT)

Key Points

• Roth Capital has raised its Q4 2025 earnings per share estimate for EQT to $0.82, reflecting positive adjustments from analysts amid mixed ratings on the stock's price targets.
• EQT reported Q3 earnings of $0.52 per share, surpassing expectations, while also disclosing a dividend increase to $0.165 per share, effective December 1st.
• Institutional investors have shown significant interest in EQT, with hedge funds holding 90.81% of the stock and recent transactions indicating a growing position in the company.

EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of EQT in a report released on Wednesday, October 22nd. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will post earnings of $0.82 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.79. Roth Capital currently has a "Neutral" rating and a $57.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for EQT's current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share.

EQT has been the topic of several other research reports. Scotiabank boosted their target price on EQT from $68.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on EQT from $68.00 to $66.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on EQT from $60.00 to $62.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on EQT from $68.00 to $66.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Finally, Wolfe Research upped their price objective on EQT from $71.00 to $72.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Eighteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $63.52.

EQT Stock Performance

NYSE EQT opened at $53.64 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $33.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.37, a P/E/G ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 0.58. The business's 50 day moving average price is $52.75 and its 200-day moving average price is $53.64. EQT has a fifty-two week low of $35.44 and a fifty-two week high of $61.02.

EQT (NYSE:EQT - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.75 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.78 billion. EQT had a return on equity of 6.88% and a net margin of 22.59%.The company's revenue for the quarter was up 52.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.12 EPS.

EQT Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 5th will be given a $0.165 dividend. This is a boost from EQT's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 5th. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. EQT's dividend payout ratio is currently 22.60%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other EQT news, Director Vicky A. Bailey sold 4,259 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.56, for a total value of $219,594.04. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 0.65% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On EQT

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Wedbush Securities Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of EQT in the 1st quarter worth $216,000. Allianz Asset Management GmbH lifted its holdings in shares of EQT by 36.3% in the 1st quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 205,679 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $10,989,000 after buying an additional 54,779 shares during the period. Kingsman Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of EQT in the 1st quarter worth $1,284,000. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of EQT by 7.0% in the 1st quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,661 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $356,000 after buying an additional 434 shares during the period. Finally, Philadelphia Trust Co. lifted its holdings in shares of EQT by 665.8% in the 1st quarter. Philadelphia Trust Co. now owns 54,371 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $2,905,000 after buying an additional 47,271 shares during the period. 90.81% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About EQT

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.

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