Q1 EPS Estimates for Liberty Energy Cut by Seaport Res Ptn

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a report released on Sunday, January 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.30 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.34. Seaport Res Ptn has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $1.72 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.33 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.45 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.55 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the company. Royal Bank of Canada cut their target price on Liberty Energy from $26.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 18th. Barclays cut their price objective on Liberty Energy from $26.00 to $24.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $24.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $23.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $19.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $22.60.

Liberty Energy Stock Up 2.3 %

LBRT opened at $21.67 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.54 billion, a PE ratio of 10.32 and a beta of 1.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a current ratio of 1.23 and a quick ratio of 0.97. Liberty Energy has a fifty-two week low of $16.57 and a fifty-two week high of $24.75. The business has a 50-day moving average of $18.48 and a 200-day moving average of $19.65.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 16th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by ($0.10). Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 18.50% and a net margin of 8.02%. The company had revenue of $1.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.14 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.85 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Covestor Ltd lifted its stake in Liberty Energy by 96.8% in the third quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,704 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 838 shares during the period. Quarry LP increased its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 237.5% in the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,991 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 1,401 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of Liberty Energy by 82.1% in the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,174 shares of the company’s stock valued at $61,000 after acquiring an additional 1,431 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE boosted its stake in Liberty Energy by 93.2% during the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 4,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $80,000 after acquiring an additional 2,016 shares during the last quarter. Finally, KBC Group NV grew its holdings in Liberty Energy by 24.8% during the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 4,906 shares of the company’s stock valued at $94,000 after purchasing an additional 974 shares during the period. 98.22% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Liberty Energy

In other news, CEO Christopher A. Wright sold 12,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.44, for a total transaction of $209,280.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,606,813 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $45,462,818.72. This represents a 0.46 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Michael Stock sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.21, for a total transaction of $86,050.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 725,207 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,480,812.47. This trade represents a 0.68 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 77,973 shares of company stock valued at $1,471,335 in the last three months. 3.60% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Liberty Energy Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th were paid a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.48%. This is a boost from Liberty Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. Liberty Energy’s payout ratio is 15.24%.

About Liberty Energy

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.