Roth Capital Has Pessimistic Outlook of EQT FY2025 Earnings

EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) – Roth Capital cut their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of EQT in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 22nd. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now forecasts that the oil and gas producer will post earnings of $2.98 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $3.03. Roth Capital currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $57.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for EQT’s Q1 2026 earnings at $1.32 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.56 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.88 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.39 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently commented on EQT. Melius assumed coverage on shares of EQT in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $64.00 price target for the company. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price target on shares of EQT from $70.00 to $68.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on shares of EQT from $68.00 to $66.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of EQT from $68.00 to $67.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Finally, William Blair assumed coverage on shares of EQT in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $63.52.

EQT Stock Down 2.8%

Shares of NYSE:EQT opened at $52.23 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $32.60 billion, a PE ratio of 17.89, a P/E/G ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a current ratio of 0.58, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. EQT has a twelve month low of $35.44 and a twelve month high of $61.02. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $52.86 and a 200-day simple moving average of $53.81.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.75 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.78 billion. EQT had a net margin of 22.59% and a return on equity of 6.88%. The company’s revenue was up 52.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.12 EPS.

EQT Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 5th will be paid a $0.165 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 5th. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.3%. This is an increase from EQT’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. EQT’s dividend payout ratio is presently 21.58%.

Insider Transactions at EQT

In other EQT news, Director Vicky A. Bailey sold 4,259 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $51.56, for a total value of $219,594.04. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.65% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On EQT

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of EQT by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 74,039,340 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $3,955,922,000 after purchasing an additional 1,509,054 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp grew its stake in shares of EQT by 2.0% during the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,692,985 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $304,176,000 after purchasing an additional 113,716 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of EQT by 2.2% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 5,204,106 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $278,055,000 after purchasing an additional 110,249 shares during the period. Neuberger Berman Group LLC grew its stake in shares of EQT by 10.3% during the 1st quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 5,191,780 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $277,397,000 after purchasing an additional 484,671 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in shares of EQT by 0.8% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 2,700,814 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $140,685,000 after purchasing an additional 21,395 shares during the period. 90.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.