Capital One Financial Has Weak Estimate for EQT Q2 Earnings

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT - Free Report) - Analysts at Capital One Financial dropped their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for EQT in a report issued on Tuesday, April 29th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now expects that the oil and gas producer will post earnings of $0.61 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.86. 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 $0.82 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.21 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.83 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.86 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on EQT. Scotiabank cut shares of EQT from a "sector outperform" rating to a "sector perform" rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $55.00 to $54.00 in a report on Friday, January 17th. StockNews.com downgraded EQT from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Monday, April 7th. UBS Group dropped their price target on EQT from $55.00 to $54.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on EQT from $58.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein raised EQT from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $73.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $55.39.

EQT Trading Up 2.9 %

Shares of EQT stock traded up $1.44 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $51.80. 6,651,883 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,838,076. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $50.27 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $47.57. The firm has a market cap of $31.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 129.50, a P/E/G ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a current ratio of 0.70. EQT has a fifty-two week low of $30.02 and a fifty-two week high of $56.66.

EQT (NYSE:EQT - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The oil and gas producer reported $1.18 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.20. EQT had a return on equity of 4.35% and a net margin of 4.37%. The business had revenue of $2.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.16 billion.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On EQT

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EQT. Bard Financial Services Inc. bought a new stake in shares of EQT in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $878,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new stake in EQT in the third quarter worth $165,000. Blankinship & Foster LLC bought a new stake in shares of EQT in the third quarter valued at $4,051,000. Tidal Investments LLC lifted its position in shares of EQT by 55.8% during the 3rd quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 60,816 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock valued at $2,228,000 after buying an additional 21,789 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Synovus Financial Corp bought a new position in shares of EQT during the 3rd quarter worth $1,069,000. Institutional investors own 90.81% of the company's stock.

EQT Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.1575 per share. This represents a $0.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.22%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 7th. EQT's payout ratio is 110.53%.

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.