Scotiabank Comments on Liberty Energy FY2026 Earnings

Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) – Research analysts at Scotiabank issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of Liberty Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, October 1st. Scotiabank analyst I. Rapp expects that the company will earn $0.12 per share for the year. Scotiabank currently has a “Sector Perform” rating and a $19.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Liberty Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.30 per share. Scotiabank also issued estimates for Liberty Energy’s FY2027 earnings at ($0.03) EPS.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $1.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.09 billion. Liberty Energy had a net margin of 2.92% and a return on equity of 1.14%. Liberty Energy’s quarterly revenue was up 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.12 EPS.

LBRT has been the subject of several other research reports. Weiss Ratings downgraded Liberty Energy from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Friday, September 18th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on Liberty Energy from $34.00 to $30.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Morgan Stanley set a $32.00 target price on Liberty Energy in a report on Friday, July 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $23.00 target price on Liberty Energy in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Citigroup lowered their price target on Liberty Energy from $28.50 to $27.50 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 30th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $27.54.

Liberty Energy Price Performance

NYSE LBRT opened at $20.13 on Monday. Liberty Energy has a fifty-two week low of $11.52 and a fifty-two week high of $34.48. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $19.68 and its two-hundred day moving average is $25.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 1.99 and a quick ratio of 1.75. The firm has a market cap of $3.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.29 and a beta of 0.71.

Liberty Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 4th were paid a $0.09 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 4th. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. Liberty Energy’s payout ratio is presently 48.65%.

Insider Transactions at Liberty Energy

In other Liberty Energy news, Director Arjun N. Murti bought 14,053 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 28th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $17.79 per share, for a total transaction of $250,002.87. Following the purchase, the director directly owned 41,621 shares in the company, valued at $740,437.59. This trade represents a 50.98% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Michael Stock sold 6,666 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.84, for a total value of $132,253.44. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 760,379 shares in the company, valued at $15,085,919.36. This trade represents a 0.87% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 13,332 shares of company stock worth $252,641 over the last quarter. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of LBRT. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its position in Liberty Energy by 4.9% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 9,233,668 shares of the company’s stock worth $265,931,000 after acquiring an additional 431,269 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in Liberty Energy by 901.2% in the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 4,431,125 shares of the company’s stock valued at $127,616,000 after purchasing an additional 3,988,535 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new stake in Liberty Energy in the 2nd quarter valued at $61,185,000. Eventide Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Liberty Energy in the 4th quarter worth $36,394,000. Finally, Sei Investments Co. grew its position in Liberty Energy by 54.3% in the 1st quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 983,706 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,331,000 after purchasing an additional 346,239 shares during the last quarter. 98.22% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Liberty Energy

Liberty Energy Inc is an oilfield services company that provides hydraulic fracturing and related completion services to exploration and production companies. Its operations support the development of unconventional oil and natural gas wells, primarily in North America.

The company’s services and technologies include pressure pumping, well stimulation, wireline services, proppant and logistics solutions, and digital tools designed to improve completion performance and operational efficiency.