Zacks Research Has Positive Outlook of EQT FY2025 Earnings

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Research analysts at Zacks Research upped their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of EQT in a report released on Monday, March 24th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the oil and gas producer will post earnings per share of $2.72 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $2.71. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for EQT’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.20 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.81 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.58 EPS.

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

Several other brokerages have also recently commented on EQT. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “reduce” rating on shares of EQT in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on shares of EQT from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded EQT from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $73.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of EQT from $41.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Scotiabank lowered shares of EQT from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $55.00 to $54.00 in a research report on Friday, January 17th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $55.11.

EQT Stock Up 1.4 %

Shares of EQT stock opened at $53.07 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $31.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 132.68, a P/E/G ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a quick ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. EQT has a 12-month low of $30.02 and a 12-month high of $56.66. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $51.38 and a 200-day moving average of $44.84.

Institutional Trading of EQT

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Truvestments Capital LLC purchased a new position in EQT in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $30,000. Quarry LP grew its holdings in shares of EQT by 184.7% in the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 891 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 578 shares during the last quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. bought a new position in shares of EQT in the third quarter worth approximately $36,000. Financial Avengers Inc. increased its stake in shares of EQT by 100.8% in the third quarter. Financial Avengers Inc. now owns 1,004 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 504 shares during the period. Finally, University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. raised its holdings in 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 buying an additional 310 shares during the last quarter. 90.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

EQT Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were paid a $0.1575 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $0.63 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.19%. EQT’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 157.50%.

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.