Liberty Energy Q4 EPS Estimate Boosted by Seaport Res Ptn

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn boosted their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Sunday, January 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.47 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.46. Seaport Res Ptn has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $1.72 per share.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 16th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.55 by ($0.10). The company had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.14 billion. Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 18.50% and a net margin of 8.02%. Liberty Energy’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.85 earnings per share.

A number of other brokerages also recently commented on LBRT. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on shares of Liberty Energy in a research report on Friday, December 13th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $19.00 price objective for the company. Atb Cap Markets raised Liberty Energy from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $23.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $24.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 18th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $26.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 18th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $22.20.

Liberty Energy Stock Down 1.2 %

LBRT stock opened at $21.34 on Wednesday. Liberty Energy has a one year low of $16.57 and a one year high of $24.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.23. The company has a fifty day moving average of $18.56 and a 200-day moving average of $19.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.49 billion, a PE ratio of 10.16 and a beta of 1.66.

Liberty Energy Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th were issued a dividend of $0.08 per share. This is an increase from Liberty Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.50%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.24%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Liberty Energy news, CFO Michael Stock sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.21, for a total value of $86,050.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 725,207 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,480,812.47. This represents a 0.68 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Christopher A. Wright sold 2,936 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.16, for a total transaction of $56,253.76. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,543,877 shares in the company, valued at $48,740,683.32. This represents a 0.12 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 77,973 shares of company stock worth $1,471,335. Insiders own 3.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. FMR LLC grew its position in shares of Liberty Energy by 17.1% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 18,115,282 shares of the company’s stock valued at $345,821,000 after purchasing an additional 2,640,119 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in Liberty Energy by 61.2% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,146,179 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,061,000 after buying an additional 1,193,918 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Liberty Energy by 15.9% in the 3rd quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 7,012,382 shares of the company’s stock valued at $133,866,000 after buying an additional 963,068 shares during the period. Canoe Financial LP increased its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 20.4% during the 3rd quarter. Canoe Financial LP now owns 4,124,695 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,408,000 after acquiring an additional 699,500 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 17.6% during the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 3,961,415 shares of the company’s stock worth $82,754,000 after acquiring an additional 594,051 shares during the period. 98.22% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.