Q1 EPS Estimate for Liberty Energy Reduced by Analyst

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn decreased their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a research note issued on Sunday, February 2nd. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.02) for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.30. Seaport Res Ptn currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.90 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.11 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.25 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.30 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.65 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.16 by ($0.06). Liberty Energy had a net margin of 7.32% and a return on equity of 14.28%.

LBRT has been the topic of several other research reports. Atb Cap Markets raised shares of Liberty Energy from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $26.00 to $24.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 31st. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $26.00 to $24.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. TD Cowen lowered their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on shares of Liberty Energy in a research report on Friday, December 13th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $19.00 target price for the company. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $22.30.

Liberty Energy Stock Down 1.3 %

Liberty Energy stock opened at $17.51 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $2.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.36 and a beta of 1.63. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $19.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $19.67. Liberty Energy has a 52 week low of $16.57 and a 52 week high of $24.75.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Liberty Energy

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. FMR LLC grew its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 17.1% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 18,115,282 shares of the company’s stock worth $345,821,000 after purchasing an additional 2,640,119 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Liberty Energy by 15.9% during the 3rd quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 7,012,382 shares of the company’s stock worth $133,866,000 after acquiring an additional 963,068 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in Liberty Energy by 2.7% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,662,830 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,193,000 after acquiring an additional 176,887 shares during the last quarter. Canoe Financial LP grew its holdings in Liberty Energy by 20.4% during the 3rd quarter. Canoe Financial LP now owns 4,124,695 shares of the company’s stock worth $79,408,000 after acquiring an additional 699,500 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Liberty Energy by 5.8% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,779,906 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,173,000 after acquiring an additional 207,527 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.22% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Michael Stock sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.82, for a total transaction of $416,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 680,207 shares in the company, valued at $14,161,909.74. This represents a 2.86 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Christopher A. Wright sold 2,936 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.16, for a total transaction of $56,253.76. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,543,877 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $48,740,683.32. The trade was a 0.12 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 68,936 shares of company stock valued at $1,341,184. Company insiders own 3.70% of the company’s stock.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th will be issued a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.83%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 6th. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 17.11%.

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.