Q1 Earnings Forecast for EQT Issued By Capital One Financial

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Equities researchers at Capital One Financial raised their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of EQT in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 8th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now forecasts that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.85 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.77. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $1.37 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for EQT’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.78 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.84 EPS.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.06. EQT had a return on equity of 3.74% and a net margin of 5.52%. The firm had revenue of $1.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.35 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.30 EPS. EQT’s quarterly revenue was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other analysts also recently commented on EQT. Citigroup increased their target price on EQT from $44.00 to $51.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on EQT from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on EQT from $45.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Truist Financial increased their price target on EQT from $32.00 to $41.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price target on EQT from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, EQT currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $47.83.

EQT Stock Down 0.0 %

Shares of EQT stock opened at $48.99 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $44.56 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $38.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $29.23 billion, a PE ratio of 58.32 and a beta of 1.14. EQT has a 52-week low of $30.02 and a 52-week high of $50.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a current ratio of 0.51.

Insider Buying and Selling at EQT

In other news, Director Thomas F. Karam sold 30,154 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $44.83, for a total transaction of $1,351,803.82. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 201,608 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,038,086.64. This represents a 13.01 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.63% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EQT. Davis Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in EQT by 1.0% in the third quarter. Davis Investment Partners LLC now owns 30,908 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $1,137,000 after acquiring an additional 317 shares in the last quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. grew its stake in EQT by 7.4% during the 3rd quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. now owns 6,121 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $224,000 after purchasing an additional 421 shares during the last quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of EQT by 8.4% in the second quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 6,291 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $233,000 after purchasing an additional 486 shares during the period. Financial Avengers Inc. raised 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 purchasing an additional 504 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Quarry LP lifted its holdings in shares of EQT by 184.7% during 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 period. 90.81% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About EQT

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.