Zacks Research Has Negative Estimate for EQT Q2 Earnings

EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for EQT in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, June 23rd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the oil and gas producer will post earnings per share of $0.42 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.48. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for EQT’s Q1 2026 earnings at $1.34 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.73 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.26 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.46 EPS.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The oil and gas producer reported $1.18 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.20. EQT had a net margin of 6.59% and a return on equity of 5.52%. The business had revenue of $2.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.16 billion.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Mizuho increased their price target on shares of EQT from $57.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of EQT from $58.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 13th. Stephens reduced their price target on shares of EQT from $59.00 to $57.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of EQT from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, April 7th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of EQT from $62.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, EQT presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $58.00.

EQT Stock Performance

Shares of EQT stock opened at $58.16 on Thursday. 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 one year low of $30.02 and a one year high of $61.02. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $54.82 and its 200-day simple moving average is $51.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $34.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 102.03, a PEG ratio of 0.36 and a beta of 0.65.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On EQT

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in EQT. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of EQT by 46.3% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 13,143,774 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $606,059,000 after acquiring an additional 4,162,065 shares in the last quarter. Slate Path Capital LP acquired a new position in EQT in the 4th quarter worth approximately $123,575,000. Castle Hook Partners LP lifted its position in EQT by 199.5% in the 4th quarter. Castle Hook Partners LP now owns 3,990,714 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $184,012,000 after buying an additional 2,658,375 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in EQT in the 4th quarter worth approximately $113,924,000. Finally, Capital International Investors lifted its position in EQT by 21.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 13,855,244 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $638,867,000 after buying an additional 2,433,632 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.81% of the company’s stock.

EQT Dividend Announcement

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

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.