Capital One Financial Comments on NFE FY2025 Earnings

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:NFE) – Equities research analysts at Capital One Financial cut their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for New Fortress Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, March 12th. Capital One Financial analyst W. Suki now forecasts that the company will earn $0.31 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $0.89. The consensus estimate for New Fortress Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.36 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for New Fortress Energy’s FY2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on NFE. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on New Fortress Energy from $23.00 to $19.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on New Fortress Energy from $15.00 to $14.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded New Fortress Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $11.00 target price for the company in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, New Fortress Energy presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $15.60.

New Fortress Energy Trading Up 8.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ:NFE opened at $9.26 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.18 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.06, a quick ratio of 0.35 and a current ratio of 0.38. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $12.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $11.42. New Fortress Energy has a 52-week low of $7.58 and a 52-week high of $31.89.

New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.06 by $0.07. New Fortress Energy had a return on equity of 15.60% and a net margin of 7.84%. The business had revenue of $679.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $613.24 million.

Insider Transactions at New Fortress Energy

In other New Fortress Energy news, CFO Christopher S. Guinta bought 5,000 shares of New Fortress Energy stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 13th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $8.57 per share, with a total value of $42,850.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 206,653 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,771,016.21. This represents a 2.48 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 37.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of New Fortress Energy

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of NFE. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of New Fortress Energy by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 48,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $730,000 after acquiring an additional 935 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its position in New Fortress Energy by 31.5% in the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 4,696 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,000 after purchasing an additional 1,126 shares during the period. KBC Group NV raised its position in New Fortress Energy by 116.9% in the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 3,436 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 1,852 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in New Fortress Energy by 2,156.0% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 2,053 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 1,962 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in New Fortress Energy by 148.5% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,966 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,000 after purchasing an additional 2,370 shares during the period. 58.61% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

New Fortress Energy Company Profile

New Fortress Energy Inc operates as an integrated gas-to-power energy infrastructure company that provides energy and development services to end-users worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Terminals and Infrastructure, and Ships. The Terminals and Infrastructure segment engages in the natural gas procurement and liquefaction; and shipping, logistics, facilities and conversion, or development of natural gas-fired power generation.