Roth Capital Predicts Lower Earnings for HighPeak Energy

HighPeak Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:HPK) – Research analysts at Roth Capital decreased their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of HighPeak Energy in a research note issued on Monday, October 27th. Roth Capital analyst N. Pope now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.09 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.25. Roth Capital currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for HighPeak Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.78 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for HighPeak Energy’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.00 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.47 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.02 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.01) EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.10 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of HighPeak Energy in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of HighPeak Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Sunday, October 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, HighPeak Energy has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $11.67.

HighPeak Energy Stock Performance

Shares of HPK stock opened at $6.36 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $802.19 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.40 and a beta of 1.21. HighPeak Energy has a 52 week low of $6.13 and a 52 week high of $15.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $7.13 and a 200-day moving average of $8.66.

HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 11th. The company reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.11 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $200.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $210.87 million. HighPeak Energy had a return on equity of 7.10% and a net margin of 12.59%.The business’s quarterly revenue was down 27.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.28 EPS.

HighPeak Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.04 per share. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 2nd. HighPeak Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 18.60%.

Institutional Trading of HighPeak Energy

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State of Alaska Department of Revenue purchased a new position in HighPeak Energy during the 3rd quarter valued at $31,000. Inspire Investing LLC bought a new position in shares of HighPeak Energy in the 3rd quarter worth $464,000. Voya Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of HighPeak Energy by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 199,963 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,414,000 after acquiring an additional 4,559 shares in the last quarter. Sanders Morris Harris LLC raised its position in shares of HighPeak Energy by 5.5% in the 3rd quarter. Sanders Morris Harris LLC now owns 374,771 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,650,000 after acquiring an additional 19,625 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of HighPeak Energy by 15.6% in the 2nd quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 72,922 shares of the company’s stock worth $714,000 after acquiring an additional 9,852 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 24.13% of the company’s stock.

HighPeak Energy Company Profile

HighPeak Energy, Inc, an independent oil and natural gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.