William Blair Issues Pessimistic Outlook for EQT Earnings

EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) – Research analysts at William Blair lowered their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for EQT in a report released on Thursday, October 23rd. William Blair analyst N. Dingmann now expects that the oil and gas producer will post earnings per share of $0.81 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.86. William Blair has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for EQT’s FY2026 earnings at $4.51 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $5.74 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $6.17 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $6.53 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on EQT. Mizuho dropped their price target on shares of EQT from $66.00 to $60.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, September 15th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on shares of EQT from $62.00 to $60.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Bank of America increased their price target on shares of EQT from $63.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 22nd. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of EQT from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on shares of EQT from $70.00 to $68.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Eighteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $63.52.

EQT Stock Performance

Shares of EQT stock opened at $53.68 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.38, a P/E/G ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 0.50. EQT has a 52 week low of $35.44 and a 52 week high of $61.02. The company has a quick ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $52.77 and its two-hundred day moving average is $53.75.

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

EQT Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 5th will be issued a dividend of $0.165 per share. This is a boost from EQT’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 5th. EQT’s dividend payout ratio is 21.58%.

Insider Buying and Selling at EQT

In related news, Director Vicky A. Bailey sold 4,259 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.56, for a total transaction of $219,594.04. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.65% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On EQT

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of EQT. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of EQT by 42.3% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 11,950 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $638,000 after purchasing an additional 3,550 shares during the period. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of EQT by 48.2% during the first quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 68,244 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $3,646,000 after purchasing an additional 22,207 shares during the period. Bessemer Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of EQT by 4.0% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 19,795 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $1,058,000 after purchasing an additional 767 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of EQT by 16.8% during the first quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 6,472 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $346,000 after purchasing an additional 932 shares during the period. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. acquired a new stake in shares of EQT during the first quarter worth $255,000. 90.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.