Liberty Energy Q3 EPS Estimate Lowered by Zacks Research

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a report released on Tuesday, February 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.23 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.33. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.62 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.21 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.15 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.39 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.07 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.04 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on LBRT. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $24.00 to $22.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $26.00 to $24.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Citigroup boosted their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $19.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Liberty Energy currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $22.30.

Liberty Energy Price Performance

Shares of LBRT stock opened at $17.60 on Thursday. Liberty Energy has a 1 year low of $16.57 and a 1 year high of $24.75. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $19.63 and its 200-day moving average is $19.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.41 and a beta of 1.63. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.16 by ($0.06). Liberty Energy had a net margin of 7.32% and a return on equity of 14.28%.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 6th will be issued a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.82%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 6th. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 17.11%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Michael Stock sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.94, for a total value of $179,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 717,292 shares in the company, valued at $12,868,218.48. This represents a 1.37 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Christopher A. Wright sold 2,936 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.16, for a total transaction of $56,253.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,543,877 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $48,740,683.32. This trade represents a 0.12 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 68,936 shares of company stock worth $1,341,184 over the last quarter. 3.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in Liberty Energy by 17.1% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 18,115,282 shares of the company’s stock worth $345,821,000 after purchasing an additional 2,640,119 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in Liberty Energy by 15.9% during the third quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 7,012,382 shares of the company’s stock worth $133,866,000 after purchasing an additional 963,068 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Liberty Energy by 2.7% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,662,830 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,193,000 after purchasing an additional 176,887 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its holdings in Liberty Energy by 10.8% during the fourth quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,178,089 shares of the company’s stock worth $102,992,000 after purchasing an additional 505,634 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its holdings in Liberty Energy by 83.5% during the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,828,712 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,043,000 after purchasing an additional 2,197,352 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.22% of the company’s stock.

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.