Zacks Research Lowers Earnings Estimates for Liberty Energy

Key Points

• Zacks Research has lowered its Q3 2025 earnings per share estimate for Liberty Energy from $0.03 to $0.01, reflecting a significant decrease in expectations.
• Liberty Energy missed the consensus earnings estimate for the previous quarter, reporting $0.12 earnings per share compared to an expected $0.14.
• The company has announced a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share, with a payout ratio of 24.62% and an annualized yield of 3.1%.

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Liberty Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, September 3rd. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.01 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.03. 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 $0.15 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.02 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $0.02 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT - Get Free Report) last issued its 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). The firm had revenue of $1.04 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.01 billion. Liberty Energy had a net margin of 5.29% and a return on equity of 6.01%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.64 earnings per share.

LBRT has been the topic of several other reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 28th. Wall Street Zen lowered Liberty Energy from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Saturday, July 26th. Piper Sandler lowered their target price on Liberty Energy from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $20.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 16th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on Liberty Energy from $20.00 to $19.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Liberty Energy currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $15.05.

Liberty Energy Stock Performance

Shares of LBRT opened at $10.42 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $1.69 billion, a PE ratio of 8.01 and a beta of 0.63. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $11.65 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $12.76. 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 1 year low of $9.50 and a 1 year high of $23.58.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Liberty Energy

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in Liberty Energy by 1.7% during the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 912,636 shares of the company's stock worth $14,447,000 after buying an additional 15,596 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in Liberty Energy during the first quarter worth about $761,000. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Liberty Energy in the 1st quarter worth about $1,110,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its position in shares of Liberty Energy by 6.1% during the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,054,615 shares of the company's stock valued at $32,566,000 after purchasing an additional 118,878 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of Liberty Energy by 1,279.1% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 17,983 shares of the company's stock valued at $285,000 after purchasing an additional 16,679 shares during the last quarter. 98.22% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 4th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.1%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 4th. Liberty Energy's payout ratio is presently 24.62%.

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.

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