Analysts Offer Predictions for Liberty Energy Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:LBRT)

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a report released on Thursday, April 18th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran forecasts that the company will earn $0.75 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $2.64 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.81 EPS and Q3 2025 earnings at $0.93 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 18th. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54 by ($0.06). Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 26.90% and a net margin of 10.43%. The business had revenue of $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.08 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.90 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 12.8% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the company. TD Cowen increased their price target on Liberty Energy from $19.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Liberty Energy from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on Liberty Energy from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Liberty Energy from $23.00 to $24.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, January 29th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $24.30.

Liberty Energy Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of LBRT stock opened at $22.37 on Friday. Liberty Energy has a 52-week low of $11.62 and a 52-week high of $23.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a current ratio of 1.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.73 billion, a PE ratio of 8.16, a PEG ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.85. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $21.20 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $19.68.

Liberty Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 6th will be issued a $0.07 dividend. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 5th. Liberty Energy’s payout ratio is 10.22%.

Insider Activity at Liberty Energy

In related news, CAO Ryan T. Gosney sold 6,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.50, for a total value of $123,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 140,706 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,884,473. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In related news, CEO Christopher A. Wright sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $22.66, for a total value of $453,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,858,814 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $64,780,725.24. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Ryan T. Gosney sold 6,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.50, for a total transaction of $123,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 140,706 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,884,473. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 98,459 shares of company stock valued at $2,077,491. Insiders own 3.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Liberty Energy

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in Liberty Energy by 1,777.4% in the fourth quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 233,280 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,232,000 after purchasing an additional 220,854 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its stake in Liberty Energy by 12.4% in the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 2,241,076 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,505,000 after purchasing an additional 247,074 shares during the last quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board bought a new stake in Liberty Energy in the third quarter worth about $3,549,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in Liberty Energy by 37.8% in the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 237,090 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,391,000 after purchasing an additional 65,062 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gendell Jeffrey L lifted its stake in Liberty Energy by 27.4% in the third quarter. Gendell Jeffrey L now owns 891,452 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,510,000 after purchasing an additional 191,452 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.22% of the company’s stock.

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.