Zacks Research Forecasts Weaker Earnings for Liberty Energy

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lowered their FY2025 earnings estimates for Liberty Energy in a research note issued on Wednesday, September 24th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.08 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $0.15. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.58 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q4 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.14 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $1.04 billion during 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.64 earnings per share.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on the company. Wall Street Zen cut Liberty Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 20th. Barclays cut their price objective on Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $14.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of 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 lifted their target price on shares of Liberty Energy from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 5th. Finally, Piper Sandler cut 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 equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $15.05.

Liberty Energy Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of LBRT stock opened at $12.37 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.00 billion, a PE ratio of 9.52 and a beta of 0.63. Liberty Energy has a 52-week low of $9.50 and a 52-week high of $23.58. The business’s fifty day moving average is $11.38 and its 200 day moving average is $12.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 1.16.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Liberty Energy

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in LBRT. Sourcerock Group LLC bought a new stake in Liberty Energy in the second quarter worth $23,653,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 6.5% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,443,909 shares of the company’s stock worth $291,967,000 after buying an additional 1,128,491 shares during the period. Bridgeway Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 285.9% in the second quarter. Bridgeway Capital Management LLC now owns 1,114,559 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,795,000 after buying an additional 825,759 shares during the period. Callodine Capital Management LP lifted its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 203.3% in the 2nd quarter. Callodine Capital Management LP now owns 1,057,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,134,000 after acquiring an additional 708,453 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 10.6% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 6,093,383 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,952,000 after acquiring an additional 584,774 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.22% of the company’s stock.

Liberty Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 4th were paid a dividend of $0.08 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 4th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.6%. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.