Analysts Offer Predictions for Liberty Energy Q1 Earnings

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for Liberty Energy in a report released on Sunday, February 2nd. Seaport Res Ptn analyst T. Curran expects that the company will post earnings of $0.30 per share for the quarter. Seaport Res Ptn currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.90 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.36 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.55 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.16 by ($0.06). Liberty Energy had a net margin of 7.32% and a return on equity of 14.28%.

Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on Liberty Energy from $24.00 to $22.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Liberty Energy from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Atb Cap Markets upgraded Liberty Energy from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $19.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $26.00 to $24.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Liberty Energy has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $22.30.

Liberty Energy Trading Down 1.6 %

NYSE:LBRT opened at $18.02 on Tuesday. Liberty Energy has a 12-month low of $16.57 and a 12-month high of $24.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 1.27 and a quick ratio of 0.97. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $19.82 and a 200 day simple moving average of $19.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.64 and a beta of 1.63.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Liberty Energy

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Ieq Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Liberty Energy in the 4th quarter valued at about $411,000. New York State Common Retirement Fund grew its position in Liberty Energy by 369.9% during the 4th quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 234,904 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,672,000 after purchasing an additional 184,918 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc purchased a new stake in Liberty Energy during the fourth quarter worth about $200,000. Sanctuary Advisors LLC raised its position in Liberty Energy by 6.9% during the fourth quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 33,216 shares of the company’s stock worth $637,000 after acquiring an additional 2,139 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Liberty Energy by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 897,040 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,842,000 after buying an additional 24,825 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.22% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Liberty Energy news, CFO Michael Stock sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.00, for a total transaction of $115,000.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 675,207 shares in the company, valued at $15,529,761. This trade represents a 0.74 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Christopher A. Wright sold 2,037 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.15, for a total value of $36,971.55. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,578,813 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,805,455.95. This represents a 0.08 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 65,973 shares of company stock valued at $1,291,005 in the last 90 days. 3.70% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th will be given a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 6th. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 17.11%.

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.