Brokers Offer Predictions for Liberty Energy Q3 Earnings

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Liberty Energy in a report released on Monday, July 21st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.08 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.12. 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 FY2025 earnings at $0.22 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.03 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.13 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.12 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $0.14 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The company reported $0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.14 by ($0.02). Liberty Energy had a net margin of 5.29% and a return on equity of 6.06%. The company had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.01 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.64 EPS. Liberty Energy's quarterly revenue was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on LBRT. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $23.00 to $22.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $10.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, April 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $19.00 to $14.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 10th. Cowen reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Liberty Energy in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $15.65.

Liberty Energy Trading Up 1.6%

Shares of NYSE LBRT traded up $0.21 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $13.17. 11,375,336 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,862,276. Liberty Energy has a 12-month low of $9.50 and a 12-month high of $24.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 1.20. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $12.20 and a 200 day moving average price of $14.45. The firm has a market cap of $2.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.13 and a beta of 0.66.

Liberty Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 4th will be paid a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 4th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.43%. Liberty Energy's dividend payout ratio is presently 24.62%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in LBRT. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 257.8% during the fourth quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 2,197 shares of the company's stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 1,583 shares during the last quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S purchased a new stake in Liberty Energy during the first quarter valued at approximately $50,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 281.1% during the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,329 shares of the company's stock valued at $50,000 after buying an additional 3,193 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 45.3% during the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 4,465 shares of the company's stock valued at $71,000 after buying an additional 1,392 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Meeder Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Liberty Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $120,000. Institutional investors own 98.22% of the company's stock.

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.