Brokers Issue Forecasts for Liberty Energy FY2025 Earnings

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a research note issued to investors on Sunday, August 17th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.15 for the year, down from their prior estimate of $0.32. 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 2025 earnings at ($0.05) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.06) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.06) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.01 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.09 EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.02) EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $20.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 16th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on Liberty Energy from $20.00 to $19.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Liberty Energy from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler reduced their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Liberty Energy presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $15.05.

Liberty Energy Stock Performance

LBRT stock opened at $10.6480 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion, a PE ratio of 8.19 and a beta of 0.67. Liberty Energy has a 12-month low of $9.50 and a 12-month high of $23.58. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $12.01 and its 200 day simple moving average is $13.22.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 24th. The company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.14 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.01 billion. Liberty Energy had a net margin of 5.29% and a return on equity of 6.01%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.64 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of Liberty Energy

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Liberty Energy during the second quarter valued at approximately $29,000. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S bought a new stake in Liberty Energy during the first quarter valued at approximately $50,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its position in Liberty Energy by 213.7% during the second quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 3,607 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 2,457 shares during the period. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in Liberty Energy during the second quarter valued at approximately $48,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in Liberty Energy by 281.1% during the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,329 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,000 after buying an additional 3,193 shares during the period. 98.22% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Liberty Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 4th will be paid a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 4th. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.0%. Liberty Energy’s payout ratio is currently 24.62%.

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.