EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) Stock Now Rated “Moderate Buy” by Wall Street Analysts

EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-eight analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $68.09.

EQT has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Stephens restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $71.00 target price on shares of EQT in a report on Thursday, September 17th. UBS Group lifted their price target on EQT from $73.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, September 14th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of EQT in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Zacks Research upgraded EQT from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of EQT from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th.

EQT News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting EQT this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Sell-side brokerages now give EQT a “Moderate Buy” consensus, providing some support for the shares. EQT Corporation Stock Now Rated Moderate Buy by Sell-Side Brokerages
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research raised its EPS forecasts for the second quarter of 2027, to $0.40 from $0.38, and for the first quarter of 2028, to $1.70 from $1.67. These increases suggest some confidence in EQT’s longer-term earnings potential.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts are preparing for EQT’s next earnings report. The company previously missed quarterly EPS and revenue expectations, while full-year EPS consensus is approximately $3.90-$3.92, making the upcoming release an important near-term catalyst. What You Need to Know Ahead of EQT’s Earnings Release
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks maintained a “Hold” rating, indicating that analysts see balanced risk and reward despite the revised earnings estimates.
• Negative Sentiment: Options activity was notably defensive: traders purchased 66,691 put options, roughly 368% above typical daily put volume. While this may represent hedging rather than outright bearish speculation, it signals heightened concern about downside risk around earnings.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks reduced its EPS forecasts for the first quarter of 2027, to $1.43 from $1.47, and the third quarter of 2027, to $0.77 from $0.78. The cuts partially offset the positive estimate revisions.

EQT Stock Up 3.1%

EQT stock opened at $50.09 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $31.33 billion, a PE ratio of 11.62 and a beta of 0.66. EQT has a 12 month low of $47.94 and a 12 month high of $68.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 0.67 and a quick ratio of 0.67. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $52.93 and a 200 day simple moving average of $55.09.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 21st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.41 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $1.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.76 billion. EQT had a return on equity of 9.31% and a net margin of 28.44%.The company’s quarterly revenue was down 29.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.45 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that EQT will post 3.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

EQT Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 5th were issued a dividend of $0.1650 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, August 5th. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. EQT’s payout ratio is currently 15.31%.

Insider Activity at EQT

In related news, CEO Toby Rice sold 175,328 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $55.03, for a total value of $9,648,299.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,157,865 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $118,747,310.95. This trade represents a 7.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 0.72% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of EQT

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in EQT during the second quarter valued at $3,204,125,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new stake in EQT during the 2nd quarter worth about $512,148,000. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its stake in EQT by 41.4% during the 2nd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 22,565,479 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $1,199,807,000 after acquiring an additional 6,603,286 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company purchased a new position in EQT during the 2nd quarter valued at about $163,705,000. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc acquired a new position in shares of EQT in the 2nd quarter valued at about $127,420,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.81% of the company’s stock.

About EQT

EQT Corporation is a natural gas producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company explores for, develops, and produces natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil, with its operations concentrated in the Appalachian Basin, particularly the Marcellus and Utica shale formations.

In addition to its upstream production activities, EQT has interests in the midstream infrastructure used to gather, process, transport, and store natural gas. These assets support the movement of production from well sites to regional and interstate markets.