Liberty Energy Q3 EPS Estimate Reduced by Zacks Research

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Liberty Energy in a research report issued on Wednesday, June 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will earn $0.12 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.14. 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $0.00 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.31 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.06 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.17 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.17 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 16th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $977.46 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $960.64 million. Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 10.30% and a net margin of 6.03%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.48 earnings per share.

Several other research firms have also commented on LBRT. Citigroup cut their price target on Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.50 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered Liberty Energy from an "outperform" rating to a "sector perform" rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $24.00 to $19.00 in a research note on Monday, March 24th. Cowen reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Liberty Energy in a report on Monday, April 21st. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on Liberty Energy from $23.00 to $22.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Finally, Barclays reduced their target price on shares of Liberty Energy from $17.00 to $16.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $17.23.

Liberty Energy Stock Up 2.4%

Shares of Liberty Energy stock traded up $0.29 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $12.22. The company had a trading volume of 1,321,408 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,838,566. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.20 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The company's 50-day moving average is $12.17 and its two-hundred day moving average is $15.32. The company has a market cap of $1.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.09 and a beta of 0.66. Liberty Energy has a twelve month low of $9.50 and a twelve month high of $24.43.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Liberty Energy

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. 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 purchasing an additional 1,128,491 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. grew its stake in Liberty Energy by 6.4% during the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,508,609 shares of the company's stock worth $87,201,000 after buying an additional 330,520 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its position in shares of Liberty Energy by 83.5% in the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,828,712 shares of the company's stock worth $96,043,000 after acquiring an additional 2,197,352 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 3.0% in the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,507,658 shares of the company's stock valued at $39,696,000 after acquiring an additional 73,792 shares during the period. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 13.5% in the 1st quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 2,438,018 shares of the company's stock valued at $38,593,000 after acquiring an additional 290,320 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.22% of the company's stock.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 20th. Investors of record on Friday, June 6th were issued a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.62%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 6th. Liberty Energy's payout ratio is currently 21.19%.

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.