AGF Management Ltd. reduced its stake in shares of EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT – Free Report) by 6.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 12,869 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock after selling 847 shares during the period. AGF Management Ltd.’s holdings in EQT were worth $593,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in EQT by 38.7% during 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 during the period. State Street Corp increased its holdings in 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 worth $1,359,183,000 after acquiring an additional 7,290,822 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in EQT by 34.4% in the 3rd 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 during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in EQT by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 5,093,857 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $234,878,000 after acquiring an additional 80,799 shares during the period. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its holdings 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. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.81% of the company’s stock.
EQT Stock Up 3.8 %
Shares of NYSE:EQT opened at $50.71 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $50.82 and a 200 day moving average of $43.44. EQT Co. has a 52-week low of $30.02 and a 52-week high of $56.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a current ratio of 0.70. The firm has a market capitalization of $30.30 billion, a PE ratio of 126.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.12.
EQT Announces Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were issued a $0.1575 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $0.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.24%. EQT’s payout ratio is 157.50%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several research firms have recently issued reports on EQT. Sanford C. Bernstein raised shares of EQT from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $73.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of EQT from $41.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Mizuho raised EQT from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $48.00 to $57.00 in a report on Monday, December 16th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on EQT from $45.00 to $56.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 25th. Finally, UBS Group raised their target price on EQT from $54.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $52.56.
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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.
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