Zacks Research Has Positive Outlook of EQT FY2025 Earnings

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research increased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of EQT in a report released on Monday, March 24th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will earn $2.72 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $2.71. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for EQT’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.20 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.81 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.58 EPS.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.19. EQT had a return on equity of 4.35% and a net margin of 4.37%. The firm had revenue of $1.82 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.81 billion.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on EQT from $58.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and set a $67.00 price objective (up previously from $63.00) on shares of EQT in a report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “reduce” rating on shares of EQT in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of EQT from $53.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their price target on EQT from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $55.11.

EQT Stock Down 1.2 %

Shares of NYSE EQT opened at $52.30 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $31.24 billion, a PE ratio of 130.74, a PEG ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a current ratio of 0.70. EQT has a 52-week low of $30.02 and a 52-week high of $56.66. The business has a fifty day moving average of $51.38 and a two-hundred day moving average of $44.70.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On EQT

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its position in shares of EQT by 38.7% during the 3rd 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 acquiring an additional 20,700,921 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in EQT by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 72,530,286 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $3,344,371,000 after buying an additional 358,649 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 7,290,822 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in EQT by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 14,427,307 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $663,552,000 after purchasing an additional 429,733 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital International Investors increased its holdings in shares of EQT by 21.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 13,855,244 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $638,867,000 after purchasing an additional 2,433,632 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.81% of the company’s stock.

EQT Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were issued a $0.1575 dividend. This represents a $0.63 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. EQT’s dividend payout ratio is presently 157.50%.

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.