Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT – Get Free Report) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 4th will be paid a dividend of 0.09 per share on Friday, September 18th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 4th.
Liberty Energy has increased its dividend payment by an average of 0.5%per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 2 years. Liberty Energy has a payout ratio of 78.3% meaning its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company’s earnings decline. Analysts expect Liberty Energy to earn $0.61 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.36 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 59.0%.
Liberty Energy Price Performance
LBRT opened at $25.17 on Thursday. Liberty Energy has a 12-month low of $9.90 and a 12-month high of $34.48. The company has a current ratio of 2.21, a quick ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $28.65 and its 200-day simple moving average is $27.01. The company has a market capitalization of $4.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.66, a PEG ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 0.54.
Key Headlines Impacting Liberty Energy
Here are the key news stories impacting Liberty Energy this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Liberty Energy and SLB formed a strategic alliance to deliver modular infrastructure and integrated power generation for data centers, opening a new growth avenue tied to AI infrastructure demand. SLB, Liberty Energy to Form Strategic Alliance for Data Center Infrastructure and Power
- Positive Sentiment: Liberty Energy announced a quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share, which reinforces shareholder returns and may help cushion sentiment. Liberty Energy Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts at Zacks said Liberty Energy is expected to beat earnings estimates in its upcoming Q2 report, which could provide a near-term earnings catalyst if results confirm the outlook. Liberty Energy (LBRT) Expected to Beat Earnings Estimates: What to Know Ahead of Q2 Release
- Positive Sentiment: Seeking Alpha upgraded Liberty Energy to Buy, arguing that its expanding power generation business and SLB partnership could support longer-term growth and higher valuation. Liberty Energy: Oh My, Have Things Changed (Rating Upgrade)
- Neutral Sentiment: Multiple outlets reported the new SLB-Liberty partnership and the broader push to supply behind-the-meter power to data centers, but these are still early-stage developments that need execution before they can materially change earnings. SLB partners with Liberty Energy to supply modular parts, power to data centers
- Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary highlighted Liberty Energy’s pivot toward AI data center power and its upcoming Q2 earnings, but the stock still faces valuation questions and mixed investor sentiment. Liberty Energy stock overview
- Negative Sentiment: The company’s core completion-services business still faces pricing and earnings pressure, and that weakness is weighing on how investors value LBRT despite the new growth initiatives. Liberty Energy Q1 2026 earnings report
About Liberty Energy
Liberty Energy Inc provides hydraulic services and related technologies to onshore oil and natural gas exploration, and production companies in North America. The company offers hydraulic fracturing services, including complementary services, such as wireline services, proppant delivery solutions, field gas processing and treating, compressed natural gas (CNG) delivery, data analytics, related goods comprising sand mine operations, and technologies; and well site fueling and logistics. As of as of December 31, 2023, the company owned and operated a fleet of approximately 40 active hydraulic fracturing; and two sand mines in the Permian Basin.
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