Zacks Research Expects Reduced Earnings for Liberty Energy

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Liberty Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, March 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.06 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.08. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.58 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.21 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.55 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.20 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.38 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.05 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. TD Cowen reduced 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 report on Wednesday, January 8th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price 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 objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $19.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Atb Cap Markets raised shares of Liberty Energy from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Five equities research 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Liberty Energy has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $22.30.

Liberty Energy Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:LBRT opened at $14.43 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The company has a market cap of $2.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.72 and a beta of 1.58. Liberty Energy has a 52 week low of $14.10 and a 52 week high of $24.75. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $18.99 and a 200 day moving average price of $18.93.

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

Liberty Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.08 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 6th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.22%. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 17.11%.

Insider Activity at Liberty Energy

In other Liberty Energy news, CFO Michael Stock sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.00, for a total value of $115,000.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 675,207 shares in the company, valued at $15,529,761. This represents a 0.74 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In the last three months, insiders have sold 40,000 shares of company stock worth $808,350. 3.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Liberty Energy

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in LBRT. FMR LLC grew its holdings in shares of 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. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its position in Liberty Energy by 83.5% in 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 period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Liberty Energy by 61.2% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,146,179 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,061,000 after purchasing an additional 1,193,918 shares during the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in Liberty Energy during the 4th quarter worth about $20,337,000. Finally, Pacer Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Liberty Energy by 15.9% during the 3rd 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. Institutional investors 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.