Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of EQT Q1 Earnings

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for EQT in a research report issued on Tuesday, March 4th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the oil and gas producer will post earnings of $0.83 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.72. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for EQT’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.44 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.90 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.46 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.09 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.57 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on EQT. Sanford C. Bernstein raised shares of EQT from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $73.00 price objective for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Truist Financial boosted their price target on shares of EQT from $41.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Mizuho raised shares of EQT from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $48.00 to $57.00 in a report on Monday, December 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of EQT from $53.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price target on shares of EQT from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $52.44.

EQT Stock Performance

EQT stock opened at $46.15 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $27.57 billion, a PE ratio of 115.37, a P/E/G ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $50.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $42.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.51. EQT has a 12 month low of $30.02 and a 12 month high of $56.66.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.19. The firm 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 business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th were paid a dividend of $0.1575 per share. This represents a $0.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.37%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 18th. EQT’s dividend payout ratio is currently 157.50%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On EQT

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Truvestments Capital LLC bought a new stake in EQT in the third quarter worth about $30,000. Quarry LP raised its position in EQT by 184.7% in the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 891 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 578 shares in the last quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. bought a new stake in EQT in the third quarter worth about $36,000. Financial Avengers Inc. raised its position in EQT by 100.8% in the third quarter. Financial Avengers Inc. now owns 1,004 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 504 shares in the last quarter. Finally, University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. raised its position in EQT by 47.7% in the fourth quarter. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. now owns 960 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 310 shares in the last quarter. 90.81% of the stock is currently owned by 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.