Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT - Free Report) - Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn cut their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Liberty Energy in a note issued to investors on Monday, October 20th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.10) per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $0.15. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy's current full-year earnings is $0.58 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Liberty Energy's Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.20) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.19) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.16) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.08) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.03) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.46) EPS.
Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on LBRT. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Liberty Energy from $13.00 to $15.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Monday. Piper Sandler set a $16.00 target price on Liberty Energy and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on Liberty Energy from $11.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on Liberty Energy from $20.00 to $19.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c-)" rating on shares of Liberty Energy in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $16.10.
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Liberty Energy Trading Down 4.3%
Shares of LBRT stock opened at $15.23 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $11.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $11.93. The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. Liberty Energy has a 1 year low of $9.50 and a 1 year high of $23.58. The stock has a market cap of $2.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.59 and a beta of 0.74.
Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 16th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.01) by ($0.05). The company had revenue of $947.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $967.05 million. Liberty Energy had a net margin of 4.76% and a return on equity of 1.69%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 16.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.45 earnings per share.
Liberty Energy Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th will be paid a $0.09 dividend. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 4th. This is a positive change from Liberty Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. Liberty Energy's dividend payout ratio is currently 28.57%.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of LBRT. Sourcerock Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Liberty Energy in the 2nd quarter valued at $23,653,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 6.5% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,443,909 shares of the company's stock valued at $291,967,000 after acquiring an additional 1,128,491 shares during the last quarter. Bridgeway Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 285.9% in the second quarter. Bridgeway Capital Management LLC now owns 1,114,559 shares of the company's stock valued at $12,795,000 after purchasing an additional 825,759 shares during the period. Callodine Capital Management LP increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 203.3% in the second quarter. Callodine Capital Management LP now owns 1,057,000 shares of the company's stock valued at $12,134,000 after purchasing an additional 708,453 shares during the period. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 10.6% in the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 6,093,383 shares of the company's stock valued at $69,952,000 after purchasing an additional 584,774 shares during the period. 98.22% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Liberty Energy Company Profile
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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.
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