US Capital Advisors Estimates Venture Global Q1 Earnings

Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE:VG) – Analysts at US Capital Advisors increased their Q1 2027 earnings per share estimates for Venture Global in a note issued to investors on Thursday, August 20th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.35 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.29. US Capital Advisors currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Venture Global’s current full-year earnings is $1.63 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for Venture Global’s Q2 2027 earnings at $0.30 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.38 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $0.37 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $1.40 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $1.39 EPS.

VG has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Sanford C. Bernstein assumed coverage on Venture Global in a research report on Tuesday, June 16th. They issued a “market perform” rating and a $14.00 price target on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $18.00 price objective on shares of Venture Global in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of Venture Global from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Citigroup upgraded shares of Venture Global from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $12.00 to $17.00 in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Venture Global from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $16.12.

Venture Global Stock Performance

NYSE:VG opened at $14.39 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $35.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.33, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 0.22. Venture Global has a fifty-two week low of $5.72 and a fifty-two week high of $17.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.19. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $12.72 and a 200-day moving average price of $12.61.

Venture Global (NYSE:VG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 10th. The company reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $4.58 billion for the quarter. Venture Global had a return on equity of 34.08% and a net margin of 21.24%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Venture Global

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Ancora Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Venture Global by 3.8% in the 2nd quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC now owns 27,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $301,000 after purchasing an additional 1,000 shares during the last quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC boosted its position in Venture Global by 8.8% in the first quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 12,429 shares of the company’s stock valued at $196,000 after buying an additional 1,004 shares in the last quarter. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec grew its stake in shares of Venture Global by 11.0% during the fourth quarter. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec now owns 12,254 shares of the company’s stock worth $84,000 after buying an additional 1,215 shares during the last quarter. CWM LLC grew its stake in shares of Venture Global by 24.1% during the fourth quarter. CWM LLC now owns 7,014 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 1,363 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its holdings in shares of Venture Global by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 93,615 shares of the company’s stock worth $638,000 after buying an additional 1,407 shares in the last quarter.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CAO Sarah Blake sold 1,000,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.02, for a total value of $14,020,000.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Sari Beth Granat sold 200,000 shares of Venture Global stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.49, for a total value of $2,698,000.00. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 3,574,628 shares of company stock valued at $47,791,965 over the last ninety days. 84.24% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Venture Global Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.04 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. This is an increase from Venture Global’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.02. Venture Global’s dividend payout ratio is currently 5.51%.

About Venture Global

Venture Global (NYSE: VG) is a Houston-based energy company that develops, constructs and operates large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in the United States. The company focuses on converting domestically produced natural gas into LNG for shipment to international markets, positioning itself as a supplier of pipeline-quality gas in vessel-ready form for global customers.

Venture Global’s core activities include site development, engineering and construction of liquefaction and export terminals, commissioning and ongoing operations of those facilities, and commercial marketing of LNG under both long-term and short-term contracts.