Zacks Research Cuts Earnings Estimates for Liberty Energy

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a report issued on Wednesday, June 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will earn $0.08 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.09. 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 2026 earnings at $0.21 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.51 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.02 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 16th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.03 by $0.01. Liberty Energy had a net margin of 6.03% and a return on equity of 10.30%. The business had revenue of $977.46 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $960.64 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.48 EPS.

LBRT has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $20.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 16th. TD Cowen upped their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $10.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, April 21st. Citigroup cut their target price on Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.50 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on Liberty Energy from $23.00 to $22.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $17.23.

Liberty Energy Stock Performance

LBRT traded up $0.30 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $12.23. 2,789,706 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,844,440. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $12.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $15.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.20 and a quick ratio of 0.91. Liberty Energy has a 12 month low of $9.50 and a 12 month high of $24.43. The stock has a market cap of $1.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 0.66.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 6th were paid a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 6th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.62%. Liberty Energy's dividend payout ratio is presently 21.19%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Liberty Energy

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of LBRT. Xponance Inc. increased its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 11,263 shares of the company's stock worth $224,000 after acquiring an additional 733 shares during the last quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Liberty Energy by 1.5% in the first quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 62,536 shares of the company's stock valued at $990,000 after purchasing an additional 914 shares in the last quarter. Cooper Financial Group increased its position in Liberty Energy by 10.9% in the 1st quarter. Cooper Financial Group now owns 11,641 shares of the company's stock worth $184,000 after purchasing an additional 1,145 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its position in Liberty Energy by 45.3% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 4,465 shares of the company's stock worth $71,000 after purchasing an additional 1,392 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 257.8% during the 4th quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 2,197 shares of the company's stock worth $47,000 after purchasing an additional 1,583 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.