What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for EQT FY2025 Earnings?

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Research analysts at Zacks Research dropped their FY2025 EPS estimates for EQT in a research report issued on Tuesday, March 4th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the oil and gas producer will post earnings per share of $2.71 for the year, down from their prior forecast of $2.96. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for EQT’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.09 EPS.

EQT has been the subject of several other research reports. Mizuho raised EQT from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price target for the company from $48.00 to $57.00 in a report on Monday, December 16th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised EQT from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $73.00 target price for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Scotiabank cut shares of EQT from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $55.00 to $54.00 in a report on Friday, January 17th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on EQT from $45.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on EQT from $54.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $52.39.

EQT Price Performance

Shares of NYSE EQT opened at $50.01 on Wednesday. EQT has a twelve month low of $30.02 and a twelve month high of $56.66. The company has a market cap of $29.88 billion, a PE ratio of 125.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.08. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $50.37 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $42.72. 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 (NYSE:EQT) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.69 earnings per share 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 business had revenue of $1.82 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.81 billion.

Institutional Trading of EQT

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Truvestments Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of EQT in the third quarter worth approximately $30,000. Quarry LP lifted its position in shares of EQT by 184.7% in the 3rd 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. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of EQT by 47.7% in 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 during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of EQT by 26.6% during the fourth quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 976 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 205 shares during the period. Finally, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. acquired a new stake in EQT during the 3rd quarter worth about $36,000. Institutional investors own 90.81% of the company’s stock.

EQT Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th were given a $0.1575 dividend. This represents a $0.63 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 18th. EQT’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 157.50%.

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.