Capital One Financial Has Optimistic View of EQT Q3 Earnings

EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) – Equities research analysts at Capital One Financial boosted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of EQT in a report released on Thursday, October 16th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now forecasts that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.37 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.35. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for EQT’s FY2025 earnings at $2.81 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.86 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on EQT. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of EQT in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Wolfe Research increased their target price on EQT from $71.00 to $72.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Mizuho decreased their target price on EQT from $66.00 to $60.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on EQT from $70.00 to $68.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price objective on EQT from $48.00 to $49.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Seventeen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, EQT has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $63.59.

EQT Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of NYSE:EQT opened at $54.16 on Friday. EQT has a 1 year low of $35.44 and a 1 year high of $61.02. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 0.71 and a quick ratio of 0.71. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $52.50 and its 200-day moving average price is $53.51.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The oil and gas producer reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.52 by ($0.07). EQT had a net margin of 15.87% and a return on equity of 6.24%. The business had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.78 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned ($0.08) EPS.

Institutional Trading of EQT

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of EQT by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 74,039,340 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $3,955,922,000 after acquiring an additional 1,509,054 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in shares of EQT by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,692,985 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $304,176,000 after acquiring an additional 113,716 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of EQT by 2.2% in the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 5,204,106 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $278,055,000 after acquiring an additional 110,249 shares during the last quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC increased its stake in shares of EQT by 10.3% in the 1st quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 5,191,780 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $277,397,000 after acquiring an additional 484,671 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its stake in shares of EQT by 7.2% in the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 4,658,814 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $251,017,000 after acquiring an additional 311,154 shares during the last quarter. 90.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at EQT

In other EQT news, EVP Sarah Fenton sold 12,438 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.94, for a total value of $646,029.72. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 13,297 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $690,646.18. This trade represents a 48.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Vicky A. Bailey sold 4,259 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.56, for a total value of $219,594.04. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.65% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

EQT Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 5th will be paid a $0.165 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 5th. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. This is an increase from EQT’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. EQT’s dividend payout ratio is currently 34.05%.

EQT Company Profile

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.