Seaport Res Ptn Expects Weaker Earnings for Liberty Energy

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Liberty Energy in a research note issued on Sunday, January 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran now anticipates that the company will earn $0.30 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.34. Seaport Res Ptn currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $1.72 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.33 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.45 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.55 EPS.

LBRT has been the subject of several other research reports. Barclays decreased their price target on Liberty Energy from $26.00 to $24.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $23.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Atb Cap Markets upgraded shares of Liberty Energy from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Citigroup downgraded shares of Liberty Energy from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $19.00 in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada dropped their target price on shares of Liberty Energy from $26.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 18th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $22.30.

Liberty Energy Price Performance

Shares of NYSE LBRT opened at $21.20 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $18.39 and a 200 day moving average of $19.64. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. Liberty Energy has a twelve month low of $16.57 and a twelve month high of $24.75. The firm has a market cap of $3.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.10 and a beta of 1.66.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October 16th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.55 by ($0.10). Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 18.50% and a net margin of 8.02%. The firm had revenue of $1.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.14 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.85 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Trading of Liberty Energy

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Covestor Ltd increased its position in Liberty Energy by 96.8% in the third quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,704 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 838 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP increased its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 237.5% in the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,991 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 1,401 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of Liberty Energy by 82.1% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,174 shares of the company’s stock valued at $61,000 after buying an additional 1,431 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 93.2% in the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 4,180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $80,000 after acquiring an additional 2,016 shares during the last quarter. Finally, KBC Group NV grew its position in Liberty Energy by 24.8% in the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 4,906 shares of the company’s stock worth $94,000 after acquiring an additional 974 shares in the last quarter. 98.22% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Liberty Energy news, CFO Michael Stock sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.21, for a total value of $86,050.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 725,207 shares in the company, valued at $12,480,812.47. The trade was a 0.68 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Christopher A. Wright sold 16,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.23, for a total value of $291,680.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,562,813 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,720,080.99. The trade was a 0.62 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 77,973 shares of company stock worth $1,471,335. 3.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Liberty Energy Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th were issued a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. This is an increase from Liberty Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. Liberty Energy’s payout ratio is 15.24%.

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.