Capital One Financial Has Weak Outlook for Berry Q2 Earnings

Berry Co. (NASDAQ:BRY) – Investment analysts at Capital One Financial decreased their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Berry in a report released on Friday, May 16th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now forecasts that the energy company will post earnings of $0.09 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.12. The consensus estimate for Berry’s current full-year earnings is $0.58 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Berry’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.10 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.10 EPS.

Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The energy company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.02. Berry had a return on equity of 6.50% and a net margin of 9.40%. The business had revenue of $182.65 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $177.00 million.

Berry Price Performance

NASDAQ BRY opened at $2.75 on Monday. Berry has a twelve month low of $2.11 and a twelve month high of $7.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 0.80. The stock has a market capitalization of $213.39 million, a PE ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 1.15. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $2.79 and a 200 day simple moving average of $3.77.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Berry

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BRY. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in Berry by 1.8% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 269,502 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $1,385,000 after acquiring an additional 4,686 shares during the period. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC increased its stake in Berry by 29.5% during the fourth quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 102,185 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $422,000 after acquiring an additional 23,266 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its stake in Berry by 54.2% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 41,475 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $171,000 after acquiring an additional 14,579 shares during the period. R Squared Ltd bought a new position in Berry during the fourth quarter valued at about $29,000. Finally, EMC Capital Management increased its stake in Berry by 149.7% during the fourth quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 13,780 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $57,000 after acquiring an additional 8,261 shares during the period. 94.88% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Berry Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 29th. Investors of record on Monday, May 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 19th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.36%. Berry’s dividend payout ratio is -25.53%.

About Berry

Berry Petroleum Company, LLC., formerly Berry Petroleum Company, is an independent energy company. The Company is engaged in the production, development, exploitation, and acquisition of oil and natural gas. The Company’s principal reserves and producing properties are located in California (South Midway-Sunset (SMWSS)-Steam Floods, North Midway-Sunset (NMWSS)-Diatomite, NMWSS-New Steam Floods, Texas (Permian and E.