Roth Capital Comments on EQT's Q4 Earnings (NYSE:EQT)

Key Points

• Roth Capital has raised its Q4 2025 earnings per share estimate for EQT to $1.13, increasing from a previous forecast of $0.98, while maintaining a "Buy" rating and a target price of $69.00.
• Multiple analysts have upgraded EQT's stock ratings, contributing to a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" with an average target price of $60.79.
• EQT announced a quarterly dividend of $0.1575 per share, representing an annualized yield of 1.16%, set for distribution on September 2nd.

EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Roth Capital boosted their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for EQT in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, July 23rd. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now expects that the oil and gas producer will earn $1.13 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.98. Roth Capital currently has a "Buy" rating and a $69.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for EQT's current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for EQT's Q1 2026 earnings at $1.85 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.96 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.13 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.43 EPS.

EQT has been the topic of a number of other reports. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of EQT from $59.00 to $63.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, June 16th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $70.00 price target (up from $60.00) on shares of EQT in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Scotiabank reiterated a "sector perform" rating and set a $66.00 price target (up from $62.00) on shares of EQT in a research report on Friday, July 11th. TD Cowen upgraded shares of EQT from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $54.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. Finally, UBS Group restated a "buy" rating on shares of EQT in a report on Monday, July 14th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $60.84.

EQT Price Performance

EQT traded up $1.23 on Friday, reaching $53.14. The company had a trading volume of 2,892,157 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,489,418. EQT has a 52-week low of $30.02 and a 52-week high of $61.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 0.71. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $56.31 and a 200 day simple moving average of $53.15. The company has a market cap of $33.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.72, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.65.

EQT (NYSE:EQT - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The oil and gas producer reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.52 by ($0.07). The company had revenue of $1.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.78 billion. EQT had a net margin of 15.87% and a return on equity of 6.24%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned ($0.08) earnings per share.

EQT Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 6th will be issued a dividend of $0.1575 per share. This represents a $0.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 6th. EQT's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 34.05%.

Insider Activity at EQT

In other news, EVP Sarah Fenton sold 12,438 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, July 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $51.94, for a total transaction of $646,029.72. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 13,297 shares in the company, valued at approximately $690,646.18. The trade was a 48.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.65% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of EQT

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its position in shares of EQT by 50.2% in the 4th quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 45,867 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $2,096,000 after purchasing an additional 15,327 shares during the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas purchased a new position in shares of EQT in the 4th quarter worth about $244,000. TIAA Trust National Association purchased a new position in shares of EQT in the 4th quarter worth about $229,000. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. purchased a new position in shares of EQT in the 4th quarter worth about $217,000. Finally, Banco BTG Pactual S.A. purchased a new position in shares of EQT in the 4th quarter worth about $218,000. Institutional investors own 90.81% of the company's stock.

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.