What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for EQT FY2025 Earnings?

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research dropped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for EQT in a research report issued on Tuesday, March 4th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will post earnings per share of $2.71 for the year, down from their previous forecast of $2.96. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for EQT’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.09 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Scotiabank cut shares of EQT from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and cut their target price for the company from $55.00 to $54.00 in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Mizuho raised EQT from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $48.00 to $57.00 in a research note on Monday, December 16th. Citigroup raised their target price on EQT from $44.00 to $51.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Piper Sandler increased their price objective on shares of EQT from $34.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a $49.00 target price on shares of EQT in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $52.39.

EQT Stock Up 0.3 %

NYSE EQT opened at $50.18 on Wednesday. EQT has a 1-year low of $30.02 and a 1-year high of $56.66. The company has a market capitalization of $29.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 125.44, a PEG ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.08. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $50.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $42.77. The company has a current ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last posted 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. EQT had a net margin of 4.37% and a return on equity of 4.35%. The business had revenue of $1.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.81 billion.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On EQT

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its position 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 valued at $2,716,968,000 after purchasing an additional 20,700,921 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of EQT by 24.5% in 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 acquiring an additional 7,290,822 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of EQT by 46.3% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 13,143,774 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $606,059,000 after acquiring an additional 4,162,065 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in 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 worth $511,159,000 after acquiring an additional 3,582,418 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its position in EQT by 386.9% during the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 4,347,660 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $205,830,000 after purchasing an additional 3,454,741 shares during the last quarter. 90.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

EQT Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were given 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 of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. EQT’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 157.50%.

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.