Q1 Earnings Estimate for EQT Issued By Capital One Financial

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for EQT in a research report issued on Monday, March 3rd. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will post earnings of $0.95 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.85. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for EQT’s FY2026 earnings at $5.17 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on EQT from $53.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 20th. UBS Group lifted their target price on EQT from $54.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 25th. StockNews.com upgraded EQT to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, February 8th. Mizuho raised shares of EQT from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $48.00 to $57.00 in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein raised shares of EQT from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $73.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $52.39.

EQT Trading Up 0.3 %

EQT opened at $50.18 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $29.98 billion, a PE ratio of 125.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a quick ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. EQT has a twelve month low of $30.02 and a twelve month high of $56.66. The company has a fifty day moving average of $50.48 and a 200-day moving average of $42.77.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.19. The business had revenue of $1.82 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.81 billion. EQT had a net margin of 4.37% and a return on equity of 4.35%.

EQT Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were issued a dividend of $0.1575 per share. This represents a $0.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 18th. EQT’s dividend payout ratio is 157.50%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH purchased a new position in EQT in the fourth quarter worth $108,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new stake in shares of EQT in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $5,993,000. Capital A Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of EQT during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $72,000. Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its holdings in EQT by 16.7% in the 4th quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 51,890 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $2,393,000 after buying an additional 7,425 shares during the period. Finally, Michels Family Financial LLC bought a new position in EQT in the 4th quarter worth approximately $721,000. 90.81% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.