Q3 EPS Estimates for Liberty Energy Cut by Zacks Research

Key Points

• Zacks Research has cut its earnings estimates for Liberty Energy's Q3 2025 from $0.08 to $0.03 per share, indicating potential challenges ahead for the company.
• The company's recent quarterly earnings report showed an EPS of $0.12, which missed expectations of $0.14, alongside a revenue drop of 10.1% year-over-year.
• Liberty Energy has announced a quarterly dividend of $0.08 set for payment on September 18, with a current dividend yield of 2.8%.

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a report issued on Thursday, August 14th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.03 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.08. 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 $0.16 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.04 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.06 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $0.06 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on LBRT. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.50 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Wall Street Zen lowered Liberty Energy from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, July 26th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on Liberty Energy from $20.00 to $19.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $20.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 16th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Liberty Energy presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $15.05.

Liberty Energy Price Performance

NYSE LBRT traded down $0.0550 on Friday, hitting $10.7450. 578,896 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,422,470. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $12.06 and a two-hundred day moving average of $13.23. The company has a market cap of $1.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.27 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. Liberty Energy has a 1-year low of $9.50 and a 1-year high of $23.58.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The company reported $0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.14 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.01 billion. Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 6.01% and a net margin of 5.29%.The company's revenue for the quarter was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.64 EPS.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

The business 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 dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 4th. Liberty Energy's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 24.62%.

Institutional Trading of Liberty Energy

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Sourcerock Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Liberty Energy in the second quarter valued at about $23,653,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 6.5% in the first 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 in the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Liberty Energy in the fourth quarter valued at about $20,337,000. Bridgeway Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 825,759 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Callodine Capital Management LP grew its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 708,453 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.22% of the company's stock.

Liberty Energy Company Profile

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.