Zacks Research Issues Optimistic Estimate for EQT Earnings

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Zacks Research raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of EQT in a research note issued on Wednesday, October 23rd. Zacks Research analyst D. Bhowal now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will post earnings of $0.30 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.29. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $1.40 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.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on EQT. UBS Group reduced their price objective on shares of EQT from $38.00 to $36.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. Citigroup raised EQT from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $37.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 3rd. Mizuho cut their target price on EQT from $43.00 to $41.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 4th. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded EQT from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $40.00 to $42.00 in a research report on Wednesday, August 14th. Finally, Stephens cut their price target on shares of EQT from $47.00 to $46.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, EQT currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $42.18.

EQT Stock Up 1.4 %

Shares of NYSE:EQT opened at $37.48 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.73. The stock has a market cap of $16.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.72 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a 50 day moving average of $34.87 and a 200-day moving average of $36.61. EQT has a one year low of $30.02 and a one year high of $45.23.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Cetera Investment Advisers bought a new stake in EQT in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $2,274,000. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd lifted its position in shares of EQT by 563.1% in the first quarter. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd now owns 29,102 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $1,079,000 after purchasing an additional 24,713 shares in the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in EQT by 17.7% during the first quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 468,677 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $17,374,000 after purchasing an additional 70,325 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in EQT by 8.4% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 50,865,664 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $1,885,590,000 after purchasing an additional 3,942,802 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB acquired a new stake in EQT in the 1st quarter valued at $4,073,000. 90.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

EQT Announces Dividend

The company 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 $0.1575 dividend. This represents a $0.63 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 6th. EQT’s dividend payout ratio is 39.87%.

About EQT

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.