Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT - Free Report) - Seaport Res Ptn cut their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a research report issued on Sunday, August 17th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.03 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.07. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy's current full-year earnings is $0.58 per share.
Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 28th. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $20.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 16th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $20.00 to $19.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Finally, Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $14.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $15.05.
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Liberty Energy Stock Up 7.1%
Shares of NYSE:LBRT traded up $0.7540 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $11.3740. 2,797,785 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,464,702. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.75 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.16 and a quick ratio of 0.91. Liberty Energy has a 12-month low of $9.50 and a 12-month high of $23.58. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $11.91 and its 200-day moving average price is $13.12.
Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 24th. The company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.14 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.01 billion. Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 6.01% and a net margin of 5.29%.The firm's quarterly revenue was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.64 EPS.
Liberty Energy Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 4th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 4th. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. Liberty Energy's dividend payout ratio is presently 24.62%.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Liberty Energy
A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of LBRT. Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Liberty Energy during the 2nd quarter worth $29,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its position in Liberty Energy by 213.7% during the 2nd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 3,607 shares of the company's stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 2,457 shares during the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new position in Liberty Energy during the 2nd quarter worth $48,000. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S purchased a new position in Liberty Energy during the 1st quarter worth $50,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in Liberty Energy by 281.1% during the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,329 shares of the company's stock worth $50,000 after buying an additional 3,193 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.22% of the company's stock.
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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