Analysts Issue Forecasts for EQT’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:EQT)

EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) – Analysts at Roth Capital issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for EQT in a research note issued on Tuesday, June 24th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani forecasts that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.53 per share for the quarter. Roth Capital currently has a “Buy” rating and a $69.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for EQT’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.64 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.97 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.33 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.64 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.75 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.18 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.40 EPS.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 22nd. The oil and gas producer reported $1.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.20. EQT had a return on equity of 5.52% and a net margin of 6.59%. The firm had revenue of $2.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.16 billion.

EQT has been the topic of several other research reports. UBS Group raised shares of EQT from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $54.00 to $64.00 in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Scotiabank reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a $62.00 price target (up previously from $57.00) on shares of EQT in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on EQT from $58.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, March 13th. Stephens decreased their target price on EQT from $59.00 to $57.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on EQT from $59.00 to $63.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, June 16th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $58.00.

EQT Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:EQT opened at $58.16 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $34.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 102.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.36 and a beta of 0.65. The company’s 50-day moving average is $54.82 and its 200 day moving average is $51.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a current ratio of 0.57. EQT has a fifty-two week low of $30.02 and a fifty-two week high of $61.02.

EQT Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 7th were issued a dividend of $0.1575 per share. This represents a $0.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 7th. EQT’s payout ratio is presently 110.53%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in EQT by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 74,039,340 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $3,955,922,000 after buying an additional 1,509,054 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in EQT by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 14,427,307 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $663,552,000 after buying an additional 429,733 shares in the last quarter. Capital International Investors grew its holdings in EQT by 21.3% during the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 13,855,244 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $638,867,000 after buying an additional 2,433,632 shares in the last quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC grew its holdings in EQT by 14.7% during the 4th quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 13,829,938 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $637,698,000 after buying an additional 1,774,696 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in EQT by 46.3% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 13,143,774 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $606,059,000 after buying an additional 4,162,065 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.81% of the company’s stock.

About EQT

EQT Corporation operates as a natural gas production company in the United States. The company sells natural gas and natural gas liquids to marketers, utilities, and industrial customers through pipelines located in the Appalachian Basin. It also offers marketing services and contractual pipeline capacity management services.