Roth Capital Analysts Lift Earnings Estimates for EQT

EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital boosted their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for EQT in a report released on Wednesday, October 22nd. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.82 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.79. Roth Capital has a “Neutral” rating and a $57.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on EQT. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of EQT in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Citigroup upped their target price on EQT from $60.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Wolfe Research upped their target price on EQT from $71.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Melius Research assumed coverage on EQT in a report on Wednesday, August 20th. They set a “buy” rating and a $64.00 price target for the company. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on EQT from $68.00 to $66.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $63.52.

EQT Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of EQT stock opened at $53.68 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $33.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.38, a PEG ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $52.77 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $53.69. EQT has a 12-month low of $35.44 and a 12-month high of $61.02.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.78 billion. EQT had a return on equity of 6.88% and a net margin of 22.59%.The company’s revenue was up 52.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.12 earnings per share.

EQT Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced 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 is Wednesday, November 5th. This is a positive change from EQT’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. EQT’s dividend payout ratio is currently 21.58%.

Insider Activity at EQT

In related news, Director Vicky A. Bailey sold 4,259 shares of the company’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 sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.65% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of EQT by 2.1% in the first 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 purchasing an additional 1,509,054 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its stake in shares of EQT by 2.0% in the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,692,985 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $304,176,000 after purchasing an additional 113,716 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of EQT by 2.2% in the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 5,204,106 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $278,055,000 after purchasing an additional 110,249 shares in the last quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC raised its stake in EQT by 10.3% during the first 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its stake in EQT by 7.2% during the first 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 in the last quarter. 90.81% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.