Clearline Capital LP Buys New Stake in Liberty Energy Inc. $LBRT

Posted by Geri Gentry on Jun 18th, 2026

Clearline Capital LP bought a new stake in shares of Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT – Free Report) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 444,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,205,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Liberty Energy by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,096,443 shares of the company’s stock valued at $334,060,000 after acquiring an additional 97,998 shares during the last quarter. Round Rock Advisors LLC lifted its position in Liberty Energy by 65.3% during the fourth quarter. Round Rock Advisors LLC now owns 104,213 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,956,000 after acquiring an additional 41,163 shares during the last quarter. Aventail Capital Group LP lifted its position in Liberty Energy by 94.6% during the third quarter. Aventail Capital Group LP now owns 334,637 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,129,000 after acquiring an additional 162,668 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. lifted its position in Liberty Energy by 23.1% during the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 273,258 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,372,000 after acquiring an additional 51,266 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in Liberty Energy by 23.4% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,876,443 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,155,000 after acquiring an additional 355,576 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.22% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Liberty Energy in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Liberty Energy in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Liberty Energy from $29.00 to $32.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $28.00 to $37.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “neutral” rating and set a $31.00 price target on shares of Liberty Energy in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $32.18.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Chairman William F. Kimble sold 7,350 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.92, for a total value of $249,312.00. Following the sale, the chairman owned 89,805 shares in the company, valued at $3,046,185.60. This represents a 7.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Michael Stock sold 3,333 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.00, for a total transaction of $103,323.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 783,710 shares in the company, valued at $24,295,010. The trade was a 0.42% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 44,013 shares of company stock worth $1,414,929 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Liberty Energy Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of Liberty Energy stock opened at $27.19 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.21, a quick ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75. Liberty Energy Inc. has a 12-month low of $9.90 and a 12-month high of $34.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.88, a PEG ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 0.51. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $30.41 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $26.06.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The company reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.13) by $0.19. The business had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $954.71 million. Liberty Energy had a net margin of 3.71% and a return on equity of 1.41%. Liberty Energy’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.04 EPS. Analysts predict that Liberty Energy Inc. will post 0.25 EPS for the current year.

Liberty Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be paid a $0.09 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Liberty Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 39.56%.

Liberty Energy Company Profile

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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.