Liberty Energy FY2026 EPS Forecast Cut by Zacks Research

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research decreased their FY2026 EPS estimates for Liberty Energy in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 7th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will earn $0.72 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $1.01. 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 FY2027 earnings at $1.47 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 16th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.03 by $0.01. Liberty Energy had a net margin of 7.32% and a return on equity of 14.28%. The firm had revenue of $977.46 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $960.64 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.48 earnings per share.

LBRT has been the subject of several other research reports. Citigroup lowered their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of Liberty Energy from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $20.00 to $25.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 27th. Cowen restated a “hold” rating on shares of Liberty Energy in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $23.00 to $22.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $10.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $18.05.

Liberty Energy Stock Performance

NYSE LBRT opened at $12.64 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $2.05 billion, a PE ratio of 6.76 and a beta of 0.71. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. Liberty Energy has a twelve month low of $9.50 and a twelve month high of $24.75. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $12.94 and a 200-day simple moving average of $16.71.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Liberty Energy

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in LBRT. Barclays PLC grew its stake in Liberty Energy by 197.9% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 286,661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,471,000 after purchasing an additional 190,445 shares in the last quarter. Tidal Investments LLC increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 14.6% in the third quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 14,299 shares of the company’s stock worth $273,000 after buying an additional 1,817 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 4.5% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 872,215 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,651,000 after buying an additional 37,927 shares during the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 82,223 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,635,000 after buying an additional 708 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cooper Financial Group acquired a new position in Liberty Energy in the fourth quarter worth approximately $209,000. 98.22% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Liberty Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 6th will be issued a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 6th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.53%. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 21.19%.

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.