Atb Cap Markets Expects Reduced Earnings for Liberty Energy

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Investment analysts at Atb Cap Markets reduced their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for Liberty Energy in a report released on Tuesday, July 1st. Atb Cap Markets analyst W. Syed now anticipates that the company will earn ($0.01) per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.03. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.58 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.08 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.11 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.15 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.03 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.46 EPS.

LBRT has been the subject of a number of other reports. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered shares of Liberty Energy from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $24.00 to $19.00 in a research note on Monday, March 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on Liberty Energy from $16.00 to $13.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. TD Cowen lifted their target price on Liberty Energy from $10.00 to $13.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Liberty Energy from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 5th. Finally, Cowen reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Liberty Energy in a report on Monday, April 21st. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $17.23.

Liberty Energy Price Performance

Shares of LBRT opened at $12.23 on Thursday. Liberty Energy has a 12 month low of $9.50 and a 12 month high of $24.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.20 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $12.17 and a 200 day moving average price of $15.30. The company has a market cap of $1.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 0.66.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 16th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $977.46 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $960.64 million. Liberty Energy had a net margin of 6.03% and a return on equity of 10.30%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.48 earnings per share.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Liberty Energy

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its position in Liberty Energy by 83.5% during the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 4,828,712 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,043,000 after acquiring an additional 2,197,352 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 6.5% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,443,909 shares of the company’s stock worth $291,967,000 after purchasing an additional 1,128,491 shares during the period. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. purchased a new position in Liberty Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $20,337,000. American Century Companies Inc. grew its position in Liberty Energy by 10.8% during the fourth quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,178,089 shares of the company’s stock valued at $102,992,000 after purchasing an additional 505,634 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in Liberty Energy in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $7,743,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.22% of the company’s stock.

Liberty Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 6th were issued a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.62%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 6th. Liberty Energy’s payout ratio is 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.