StockNews.com Upgrades EQT (NYSE:EQT) to Sell

EQT (NYSE:EQTGet Free Report) was upgraded by stock analysts at StockNews.com to a “sell” rating in a note issued to investors on Friday.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Piper Sandler raised their price target on EQT from $34.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of EQT from $52.00 to $53.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of EQT from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Scotiabank cut shares of EQT from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $55.00 to $54.00 in a report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on shares of EQT from $45.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $49.94.

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EQT Stock Performance

Shares of EQT stock opened at $51.65 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $30.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.48 and a beta of 1.12. EQT has a 1-year low of $30.02 and a 1-year high of $54.85. The company has a current ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $47.12 and its 200-day simple moving average is $39.63.

EQT (NYSE:EQTGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.06 by $0.06. EQT had a net margin of 5.52% and a return on equity of 3.74%. The firm had revenue of $1.28 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.35 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.30 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts predict that EQT will post 1.42 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at EQT

In other EQT news, Director Thomas F. Karam sold 30,154 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.83, for a total value of $1,351,803.82. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 201,608 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,038,086.64. This represents a 13.01 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.63% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Sanctuary Advisors LLC increased its stake in EQT by 104.7% during the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 63,507 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $2,327,000 after acquiring an additional 32,484 shares during the period. Retirement Systems of Alabama grew its holdings in shares of EQT by 36.7% during the 3rd quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 133,142 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $4,878,000 after purchasing an additional 35,733 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC increased its position in shares of EQT by 2.5% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,133,197 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $41,520,000 after purchasing an additional 28,129 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in shares of EQT by 15.2% in the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 41,508 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $1,914,000 after purchasing an additional 5,489 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Howard Financial Services LTD. bought a new position in EQT in the fourth quarter worth $223,000. Institutional investors own 90.81% of the company’s stock.

About EQT

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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.

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