Analysts Issue Forecasts for EQT’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:EQT)

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of EQT in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, October 23rd. Zacks Research analyst D. Bhowal now expects that the oil and gas producer will post earnings of $0.30 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.29. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $1.37 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for EQT’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.28 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.25 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.83 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.39 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.63 EPS.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Stephens lowered their price objective on shares of EQT from $47.00 to $46.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 24th. Piper Sandler lowered shares of EQT from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $43.00 to $32.00 in a report on Thursday, August 15th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of EQT to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, July 26th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $45.00 price objective on shares of EQT in a report on Friday, September 13th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on EQT from $37.00 to $39.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, September 26th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, EQT currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $42.18.

EQT Price Performance

Shares of EQT stock opened at $36.96 on Friday. EQT has a twelve month low of $30.02 and a twelve month high of $45.23. The company has a current ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $34.66 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $36.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.78 and a beta of 1.06.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 23rd. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.20) by $0.12. The company had revenue of $952.51 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.06 billion. EQT had a return on equity of 4.52% and a net margin of 12.45%. EQT’s revenue was down 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.17) earnings per share.

EQT Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.1575 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 6th. This represents a $0.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.70%. EQT’s payout ratio is 45.65%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in EQT. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its position in EQT by 3.8% during the 1st quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 8,153 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $302,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares during the period. Ballentine Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of EQT during the first quarter worth about $215,000. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in EQT by 3.6% in the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 27,034 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $1,002,000 after buying an additional 932 shares during the last quarter. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in EQT in the 1st quarter worth approximately $330,000. Finally, Register Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in EQT during the 1st quarter worth approximately $126,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.81% of the company’s stock.

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.