Analysts Issue Forecasts for Liberty Energy Q3 Earnings

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn cut their Q3 2026 EPS estimates for Liberty Energy in a research note issued to investors on Monday, April 21st. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.33 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.40. Seaport Res Ptn has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.58 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q4 2026 earnings at $0.37 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 16th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $977.46 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $960.64 million. Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 14.28% and a net margin of 7.32%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.48 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on LBRT. Royal Bank of Canada cut shares of Liberty Energy from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $24.00 to $19.00 in a research report on Monday, March 24th. TD Cowen raised their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $10.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday. Citigroup reduced their target price on Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.50 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Barclays dropped their price target on Liberty Energy from $17.00 to $16.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on Liberty Energy from $23.00 to $22.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Liberty Energy presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $18.05.

Liberty Energy Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:LBRT opened at $12.07 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.27 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $14.48 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $17.45. Liberty Energy has a fifty-two week low of $9.50 and a fifty-two week high of $24.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.45 and a beta of 1.18.

Liberty Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 6th will be paid a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.65%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 6th. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 21.19%.

Insider Transactions at Liberty Energy

In other news, CFO Michael Stock sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.94, for a total value of $179,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 717,292 shares in the company, valued at $12,868,218.48. This trade represents a 1.37 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 1.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Liberty Energy

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in LBRT. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its position in shares of Liberty Energy by 83.5% during the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,828,712 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,043,000 after buying an additional 2,197,352 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in Liberty Energy by 61.2% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,146,179 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,061,000 after acquiring an additional 1,193,918 shares during the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in Liberty Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $20,337,000. American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in Liberty Energy by 10.8% in the fourth quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,178,089 shares of the company’s stock valued at $102,992,000 after purchasing an additional 505,634 shares in the last quarter. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its holdings in Liberty Energy by 28.9% in the fourth quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 2,147,698 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,718,000 after purchasing an additional 480,957 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.