Analysts Offer Predictions for Liberty Energy Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:LBRT)

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Liberty Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, April 18th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.75 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $2.64 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.81 EPS and Q3 2025 earnings at $0.93 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on LBRT. Barclays lifted their price target on Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $27.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on Liberty Energy from $23.00 to $24.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, January 29th. Piper Sandler raised their price target on Liberty Energy from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 26th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Liberty Energy from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on shares of Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $27.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $24.30.

Liberty Energy Price Performance

Shares of NYSE LBRT opened at $22.37 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $3.73 billion, a PE ratio of 8.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.85. Liberty Energy has a fifty-two week low of $11.62 and a fifty-two week high of $23.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a current ratio of 1.49. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $21.20 and a 200-day moving average of $19.68.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 18th. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.54 by ($0.06). The company had revenue of $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.08 billion. Liberty Energy had a net margin of 10.43% and a return on equity of 26.90%. Liberty Energy’s revenue for the quarter was down 12.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.90 earnings per share.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 5th. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 10.22%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Liberty Energy news, CEO Christopher A. Wright sold 20,000 shares of Liberty Energy stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.27, for a total transaction of $405,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 2,830,402 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $57,372,248.54. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. In other news, CAO Ryan T. Gosney sold 6,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.50, for a total value of $123,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 140,706 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,884,473. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Christopher A. Wright sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.27, for a total value of $405,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,830,402 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $57,372,248.54. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 98,459 shares of company stock valued at $2,077,491 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 3.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Liberty Energy

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of LBRT. Macquarie Group Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 181.5% in the 1st quarter. Macquarie Group Ltd. now owns 8,085,410 shares of the company’s stock valued at $103,574,000 after acquiring an additional 5,213,132 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 38.1% during the 3rd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 13,136,514 shares of the company’s stock valued at $166,571,000 after purchasing an additional 3,621,253 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 20.0% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 16,972,147 shares of the company’s stock valued at $215,207,000 after purchasing an additional 2,831,183 shares during the period. Eagle Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in Liberty Energy during the 4th quarter valued at about $36,326,000. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in Liberty Energy by 47.3% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 7,528,916 shares of the company’s stock valued at $96,444,000 after purchasing an additional 2,417,129 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 98.22% of the company’s stock.

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.