Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of EQT Q1 Earnings

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of EQT in a research note issued on Monday, March 24th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the oil and gas producer will post earnings per share of $0.85 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.83. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for EQT’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.43 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.47 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.04 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of EQT from $53.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Stephens upgraded EQT from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $41.00 to $59.00 in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded EQT from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $73.00 target price for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a $49.00 price target on shares of EQT in a report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on EQT from $45.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, EQT currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $54.50.

EQT Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of NYSE:EQT opened at $54.25 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a current ratio of 0.70. EQT has a 52-week low of $30.02 and a 52-week high of $56.66. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $51.40 and a 200 day simple moving average of $44.58. The company has a market capitalization of $32.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 135.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.12.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.19. EQT had a return on equity of 4.35% and a net margin of 4.37%. The firm had revenue of $1.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion.

EQT Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th were paid a $0.1575 dividend. This represents a $0.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 18th. EQT’s dividend payout ratio is currently 157.50%.

Institutional Trading of EQT

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Truvestments Capital LLC bought a new position in EQT during the third quarter worth $30,000. Quarry LP grew its holdings in EQT by 184.7% during the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 891 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 578 shares during the period. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. bought a new position in shares of EQT in the 3rd quarter worth about $36,000. Financial Avengers Inc. lifted its stake in shares of EQT by 100.8% in the 3rd quarter. Financial Avengers Inc. now owns 1,004 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 504 shares during the period. Finally, University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. boosted its position in shares of EQT by 47.7% during the 4th quarter. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. now owns 960 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $44,000 after purchasing an additional 310 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.81% of the company’s stock.

EQT Company Profile

EQT Corporation operates as a natural gas production company in the United States. The company sells natural gas and natural gas liquids to marketers, utilities, and industrial customers through pipelines located in the Appalachian Basin. It also offers marketing services and contractual pipeline capacity management services.