Zacks Research Lowers Earnings Estimates for Liberty Energy

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, September 3rd. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the company will earn $0.01 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.03. 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 FY2025 earnings at $0.15 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.02 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $0.02 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.14 by ($0.02). Liberty Energy had a net margin of 5.29% and a return on equity of 6.01%. The firm had revenue of $1.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.01 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.64 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on LBRT. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on Liberty Energy from $20.00 to $19.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, July 28th. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $20.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Liberty Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $15.05.

Liberty Energy Stock Performance

NYSE LBRT opened at $10.47 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.16 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The company’s fifty day moving average is $11.62 and its two-hundred day moving average is $12.66. Liberty Energy has a 52-week low of $9.50 and a 52-week high of $23.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.05 and a beta of 0.63.

Institutional Trading of Liberty Energy

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Liberty Energy in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $29,000. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S purchased a new position in shares of Liberty Energy in the 1st quarter worth approximately $50,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 213.7% in the 2nd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 3,607 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 2,457 shares during the period. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Liberty Energy in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $48,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 281.1% in the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,329 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,000 after purchasing an additional 3,193 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 98.22% of the company’s stock.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 4th. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 24.62%.

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.