Zacks Research Cuts Earnings Estimates for Liberty Energy

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a report released on Wednesday, June 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings of $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.

Several other research firms have also recently weighed in on LBRT. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on Liberty Energy from $19.00 to $14.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $17.00 to $16.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. TD Cowen raised their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $10.00 to $13.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, June 5th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced 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. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Liberty Energy has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $17.23.

Liberty Energy Stock Performance

Shares of LBRT stock traded down $0.02 during trading on Monday, hitting $12.24. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,031,857 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,837,219. The company has a current ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The company has a market cap of $1.98 billion, a PE ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 0.66. The business has a fifty day moving average of $12.17 and a 200-day moving average of $15.30. Liberty Energy has a 52 week low of $9.50 and a 52 week high of $24.43.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Liberty Energy

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Liberty Energy during the 4th quarter valued at $203,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 176.3% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 3,423 shares of the company's stock valued at $67,000 after purchasing an additional 2,184 shares in the last quarter. Bailard Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 12.9% during the fourth quarter. Bailard Inc. now owns 35,836 shares of the company's stock valued at $713,000 after purchasing an additional 4,100 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 8.8% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,433,866 shares of the company's stock valued at $48,410,000 after purchasing an additional 196,619 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in Liberty Energy in the fourth quarter worth $6,792,000. Institutional investors own 98.22% of the company's stock.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

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

About Liberty Energy

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.