Citigroup Issues Pessimistic Forecast for Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) Stock Price

Posted by Brian Himes on Sep 30th, 2026

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT – Get Free Report) had its target price decreased by equities researchers at Citigroup from $28.50 to $27.50 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Citigroup’s price objective points to a potential upside of 50.11% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on LBRT. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Liberty Energy from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Friday, September 18th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $23.00 price objective on shares of Liberty Energy in a report on Friday, August 7th. Morgan Stanley set a $32.00 target price on shares of Liberty Energy in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Barclays raised shares of Liberty Energy from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their target price for the company from $23.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Monday. Finally, Piper Sandler dropped their price target on shares of Liberty Energy from $34.00 to $30.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $27.54.

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Liberty Energy Stock Performance

Shares of LBRT stock traded down $0.12 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $18.32. The stock had a trading volume of 3,369,366 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,246,932. Liberty Energy has a one year low of $11.52 and a one year high of $34.48. The firm has a market cap of $2.99 billion, a PE ratio of 24.73, a P/E/G ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 0.61. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $19.70 and its 200 day simple moving average is $25.66. The company has a quick ratio of 1.75, a current ratio of 1.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $1.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.09 billion. Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 1.14% and a net margin of 2.92%.Liberty Energy’s quarterly revenue was up 14.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.12 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Liberty Energy will post 0.35 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Liberty Energy

In other Liberty Energy news, CFO Michael Stock sold 6,666 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.84, for a total value of $132,253.44. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 760,379 shares in the company, valued at $15,085,919.36. The trade was a 0.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Arjun N. Murti acquired 14,053 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 28th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $17.79 per share, for a total transaction of $250,002.87. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 41,621 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $740,437.59. The trade was a 50.98% increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in Liberty Energy by 4.9% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 9,233,668 shares of the company’s stock worth $265,931,000 after acquiring an additional 431,269 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its stake in Liberty Energy by 901.2% in the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 4,431,125 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,616,000 after purchasing an additional 3,988,535 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new stake in shares of Liberty Energy during the second quarter worth $61,185,000. Eventide Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Liberty Energy in the fourth quarter valued at $36,394,000. Finally, Sei Investments Co. increased its stake in shares of Liberty Energy by 54.3% in the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 983,706 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,331,000 after buying an additional 346,239 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.22% of the company’s stock.

About Liberty Energy

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Liberty Energy Inc is an energy services company that provides specialized equipment, technology and services used in the development of onshore oil and natural gas resources. The company primarily supports exploration and production companies during the well-completion process, with an emphasis on hydraulic fracturing and related operations.

Its services and products include hydraulic fracturing, wireline services, proppant logistics, frac-related equipment, field engineering and operational support.