Capital One Financial Has Weak Outlook for Berry Q2 Earnings

Berry Co. (NASDAQ:BRY) – Equities research analysts at Capital One Financial cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Berry in a report released on Friday, May 16th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now expects that the energy company will post earnings of $0.09 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.12. The consensus estimate for Berry’s current full-year earnings is $0.58 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Berry’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.10 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.10 EPS.

Berry Stock Down 1.8%

NASDAQ BRY opened at $2.75 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $2.79 and its two-hundred day moving average is $3.77. The company has a market capitalization of $213.39 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 1.15. Berry has a 1-year low of $2.11 and a 1-year high of $7.33.

Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The energy company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $182.65 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $177.00 million. Berry had a return on equity of 6.50% and a net margin of 9.40%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Berry by 7.3% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 437,626 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $1,405,000 after acquiring an additional 29,794 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp acquired a new position in shares of Berry in the 1st quarter worth approximately $41,000. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Berry by 14.9% in the 1st quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 1,319,210 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $4,235,000 after acquiring an additional 170,764 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Berry by 46.6% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,396,710 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $4,483,000 after acquiring an additional 444,155 shares in the last quarter. Finally, EP Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Berry by 50.5% in the 1st quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 27,292 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $88,000 after acquiring an additional 9,154 shares in the last quarter. 94.88% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Berry Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 19th will be issued a $0.03 dividend. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 19th. Berry’s payout ratio is currently -25.53%.

Berry Company Profile

Berry Petroleum Company, LLC., formerly Berry Petroleum Company, is an independent energy company. The Company is engaged in the production, development, exploitation, and acquisition of oil and natural gas. The Company’s principal reserves and producing properties are located in California (South Midway-Sunset (SMWSS)-Steam Floods, North Midway-Sunset (NMWSS)-Diatomite, NMWSS-New Steam Floods, Texas (Permian and E.