Zacks Research Forecasts Reduced Earnings for Liberty Energy

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Liberty Energy in a research report issued on Wednesday, June 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $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.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on LBRT. TD Cowen increased their price objective on Liberty Energy from $10.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $23.00 to $22.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Liberty Energy from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 5th. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on shares of Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $20.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 16th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada cut Liberty Energy from an "outperform" rating to a "sector perform" rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $24.00 to $19.00 in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $17.23.

Liberty Energy Price Performance

Liberty Energy stock traded down $0.01 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $11.58. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,490,536 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,843,195. Liberty Energy has a twelve month low of $9.50 and a twelve month high of $24.43. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $12.17 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $15.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.67 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 16th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.03 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $977.46 million for 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 company posted $0.48 earnings per share.

Liberty Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 20th. Investors of record on Friday, June 6th were issued a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 6th. Liberty Energy's payout ratio is presently 21.19%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Liberty Energy

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

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.