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 research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, March 3rd. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.95 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.85. The consensus estimate for EQT’s current full-year earnings is $3.27 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for EQT’s FY2026 earnings at $5.17 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of EQT from $41.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Piper Sandler increased their price target on shares of EQT from $34.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of EQT from $52.00 to $53.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of EQT from $53.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of EQT from $54.00 to $58.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $52.39.

EQT Price Performance

Shares of EQT stock opened at $50.01 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.51. EQT has a fifty-two week low of $30.02 and a fifty-two week high of $56.66. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $50.37 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $42.72. 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.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.19. EQT had a net margin of 4.37% and a return on equity of 4.35%. The firm had revenue of $1.82 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.81 billion.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On EQT

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH bought a new position in shares of EQT in the fourth quarter worth about $108,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new position in shares of EQT in the fourth quarter worth about $5,993,000. Capital A Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of EQT in the fourth quarter worth about $72,000. Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of EQT by 16.7% in the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 51,890 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $2,393,000 after acquiring an additional 7,425 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Michels Family Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of EQT in the fourth quarter worth about $721,000. 90.81% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

EQT Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th were issued a dividend of $0.1575 per share. This represents a $0.63 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 18th. EQT’s dividend payout ratio is currently 157.50%.

EQT Company Profile

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.