Zacks Research Weighs in on EQT's FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:EQT)

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research lifted their FY2025 EPS estimates for EQT in a report released on Tuesday, May 6th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the oil and gas producer will post earnings per share of $3.10 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $2.81. The consensus estimate for EQT's current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for EQT's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.98 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.50 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Mizuho boosted their price objective on shares of EQT from $57.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 1st. TD Cowen upgraded EQT from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $54.00 price objective for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. Citigroup boosted their target price on EQT from $51.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, March 17th. UBS Group upgraded shares of EQT from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price target for the company from $54.00 to $64.00 in a report on Monday. Finally, Stephens reduced their price target on shares of EQT from $59.00 to $57.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and thirteen have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $55.94.

EQT Trading Up 0.9 %

EQT stock opened at $53.95 on Thursday. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $50.62 and its 200-day moving average price is $47.85. EQT has a fifty-two week low of $30.02 and a fifty-two week high of $56.66. The stock has a market cap of $32.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 134.89, a PEG ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a current ratio of 0.70.

EQT (NYSE:EQT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The oil and gas producer reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.20. EQT had a return on equity of 4.35% and a net margin of 4.37%. The company had revenue of $2.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.16 billion.

EQT Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.1575 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 7th. This represents a $0.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.17%. EQT's payout ratio is 110.53%.

Institutional Trading of EQT

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EQT. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd increased its position in shares of EQT by 195.1% in the 1st quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 8,065 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock valued at $431,000 after acquiring an additional 5,332 shares during the period. GSA Capital Partners LLP acquired a new position in shares of EQT in the 1st quarter valued at about $1,008,000. Federated Hermes Inc. raised its position in EQT by 3,996.9% during the first quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 2,622 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock valued at $140,000 after acquiring an additional 2,558 shares in the last quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of EQT in the 1st quarter valued at $4,724,000. Finally, Meeder Advisory Services Inc. increased its stake in EQT by 13.6% during the first quarter. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. now owns 6,744 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $360,000 after purchasing an additional 807 shares during the period. 90.81% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

EQT Company Profile

EQT Corporation operates as a natural gas production company in the United States. The company sells natural gas and natural gas liquids to marketers, utilities, and industrial customers through pipelines located in the Appalachian Basin. It also offers marketing services and contractual pipeline capacity management services.

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