Zacks Research Weighs in on EQT’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:EQT)

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of EQT in a report issued on Monday, March 24th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the oil and gas producer will post earnings of $0.85 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.83. 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 $0.43 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.47 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.04 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $49.00 price objective on shares of EQT in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Citigroup increased their price target on EQT from $51.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 17th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on EQT from $41.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Scotiabank lowered EQT from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $55.00 to $54.00 in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of EQT in a research note on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $54.50.

EQT Price Performance

EQT stock opened at $52.89 on Wednesday. EQT has a 12-month low of $30.02 and a 12-month high of $56.66. The company has a current ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $51.41 and a 200-day moving average price of $44.64. The firm has a market capitalization of $31.60 billion, a PE ratio of 132.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.12.

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

EQT Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th were issued a dividend of $0.1575 per share. This represents a $0.63 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. EQT’s payout ratio is 157.50%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On EQT

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Mascagni Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of EQT in the 4th quarter valued at $55,000. 111 Capital purchased a new position in EQT in the fourth quarter valued at about $253,000. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co bought a new position in EQT in the fourth quarter worth about $678,000. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH purchased a new stake in shares of EQT during the fourth quarter valued at about $108,000. Finally, Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new stake in shares of EQT in the 4th quarter valued at about $5,993,000. Institutional investors own 90.81% of the company’s stock.

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.