Q1 Earnings Forecast for EQT Issued By Capital One Financial

EQT Co. (NYSE:EQT) – Stock analysts at Capital One Financial upped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of EQT in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 8th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will post earnings of $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, beating the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $1.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.35 billion. EQT had a return on equity of 3.74% and a net margin of 5.52%. The firm’s revenue was up 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.30 earnings per share.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on EQT. Stephens boosted their price objective on EQT from $37.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of EQT from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of EQT from $44.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. BMO Capital Markets increased their target price on EQT from $39.00 to $40.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 4th. Finally, StockNews.com raised EQT to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, December 30th. 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, EQT has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $47.83.

EQT Stock Up 1.7 %

Shares of EQT stock opened at $48.97 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 0.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. EQT has a 12-month low of $30.02 and a 12-month high of $49.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $29.22 billion, a PE ratio of 58.30 and a beta of 1.14. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $44.29 and its 200-day moving average is $38.19.

Institutional Trading of EQT

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Sanctuary Advisors LLC increased its position in EQT by 104.7% in the 3rd quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 63,507 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $2,327,000 after buying an additional 32,484 shares during the period. Retirement Systems of Alabama raised its stake in 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 valued at $4,878,000 after purchasing an additional 35,733 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in EQT by 2.5% in the 3rd 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. Tidal Investments LLC grew its position in EQT by 55.8% in the 3rd quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 60,816 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $2,228,000 after purchasing an additional 21,789 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of EQT by 34.4% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 13,997,574 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $511,159,000 after purchasing an additional 3,582,418 shares during the period. 90.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other EQT news, Director Thomas F. Karam sold 30,154 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 owns 201,608 shares in the company, valued at $9,038,086.64. This trade represents a 13.01 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.63% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.