Liberty Energy Inc (NYSE: LBRT) is -10.36% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $16.57 and a high of $24.75 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The LBRT stock was last observed hovering at around $17.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.22%.
Currently trading at $17.83, the stock is -3.05% and -8.35% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.91 million and changing 1.25% at the moment leaves the stock -11.48% off its SMA200. LBRT registered -14.97% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -11.21%.
The stock witnessed a -19.58% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 0.62%, and is 1.83% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.64% over the week and 4.94% over the month.
Liberty Energy Inc (LBRT) has around 5700 employees, a market worth around $2.89B and $4.32B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 9.56 and Fwd P/E is 14.42. Profit margin for the company is 7.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.60% and -27.96% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.07%).
with sales reaching $964.32M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -68.83% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -7.03% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -10.14% in year-over-year returns.
Liberty Energy Inc (LBRT) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 161.86M, and float is at 156.38M with Short Float at 8.93%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 25.27 million shares valued at $527.92 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.2046% of the LBRT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 17.25 million shares valued at $$360.36 million to account for 10.3788 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 15.48 million shares representing 9.3106% and valued at over $323.28 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 5.7684 of the shares totaling 9.59 million with a market value of $200.28 million.
Liberty Energy Inc (LBRT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Stock Michael,the company’sChief Financial Officer. SEC filings show that Stock Michael sold 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 03 ’25 at a price of $17.94 per share for a total of $0.18 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.72 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 16 ’25, Stock Michael (Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 5,000 shares at an average price of $23.00 for $0.12 million. The insider now directly holds 675,207 shares of Liberty Energy Inc (LBRT).
