Q1 Earnings Forecast for EQT Issued By Capital One Financial

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Analysts at Capital One Financial boosted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of EQT in a research report issued on Wednesday, January 8th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now forecasts that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.85 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.77. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $1.37 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for EQT’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.78 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.84 EPS.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $1.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.35 billion. EQT had a net margin of 5.52% and a return on equity of 3.74%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.30 earnings per share.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Mizuho raised shares of EQT from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the company from $48.00 to $57.00 in a research note on Monday, December 16th. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of EQT from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Stephens upped their target price on shares of EQT from $37.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Piper Sandler raised their price target on EQT from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Citigroup upped their price objective on EQT from $44.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $47.83.

EQT Stock Performance

NYSE:EQT opened at $48.99 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $29.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 58.32 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 0.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $44.56 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $38.26. EQT has a twelve month low of $30.02 and a twelve month high of $50.03.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On EQT

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its stake in EQT by 38.7% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 74,153,050 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $2,716,968,000 after acquiring an additional 20,700,921 shares during the period. Modera Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of EQT in the 3rd quarter worth about $562,494,000. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of EQT by 24.5% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 37,095,597 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $1,359,183,000 after purchasing an additional 7,290,822 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of EQT by 34.4% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 13,997,574 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $511,159,000 after buying an additional 3,582,418 shares during the period. Finally, Holocene Advisors LP bought a new position in EQT in the third quarter worth about $97,979,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.81% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at EQT

In related news, Director Thomas F. Karam sold 30,154 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $44.83, for a total value of $1,351,803.82. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 201,608 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,038,086.64. This trade represents a 13.01 % 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. Corporate insiders own 0.63% of the company’s stock.

EQT Company Profile

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.