Liberty Energy Inc. to Post Q2 2025 Earnings of $0.78 Per Share, Zacks Research Forecasts (NYSE:LBRT)

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Research analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Liberty Energy in a research note issued on Wednesday, May 22nd. Zacks Research analyst T. Saha now anticipates that the company will earn $0.78 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.77. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $2.52 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.95 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.26 EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 18th. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54 by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.08 billion. Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 26.46% and a net margin of 10.43%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 12.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.90 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Barclays upped their price objective on Liberty Energy from $25.00 to $27.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, April 19th. TD Cowen increased their price objective on Liberty Energy from $19.00 to $21.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 19th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on Liberty Energy from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, April 19th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $24.00 price target on shares of Liberty Energy in a report on Monday, April 22nd. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of Liberty Energy from $20.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, April 15th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Liberty Energy currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $24.30.

Liberty Energy Trading Up 2.1 %

Shares of NYSE LBRT opened at $23.59 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $22.11 and its 200-day moving average price is $20.29. Liberty Energy has a 52-week low of $11.62 and a 52-week high of $24.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a current ratio of 1.48. The company has a market cap of $3.93 billion, a PE ratio of 8.61, a P/E/G ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.83.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 6th will be issued a dividend of $0.07 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 6th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.19%. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 10.22%.

Insider Transactions at Liberty Energy

In other Liberty Energy news, Director William F. Kimble sold 12,459 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $21.55, for a total transaction of $268,491.45. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 69,963 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,507,702.65. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. In other Liberty Energy news, Director William F. Kimble sold 12,459 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $21.55, for a total transaction of $268,491.45. Following the sale, the director now owns 69,963 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,507,702.65. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Ryan T. Gosney sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.50, for a total transaction of $47,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 170,882 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,015,727. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 188,459 shares of company stock worth $4,168,391 in the last 90 days. 3.60% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Liberty Energy

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of LBRT. Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Liberty Energy by 93.9% during the fourth quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 4,587,073 shares of the company’s stock valued at $83,210,000 after acquiring an additional 2,221,588 shares in the last quarter. Lord Abbett & CO. LLC purchased a new position in shares of Liberty Energy during the first quarter valued at about $27,809,000. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Liberty Energy by 455.5% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,536,812 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,462,000 after purchasing an additional 1,260,142 shares during the last quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Liberty Energy in the fourth quarter worth about $21,278,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Liberty Energy by 4.5% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,546,529 shares of the company’s stock valued at $380,522,000 after buying an additional 893,563 shares during the last quarter. 98.22% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.