FY2025 EPS Estimates for Venture Global Lowered by Analyst

Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE:VG) – Investment analysts at Capital One Financial decreased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Venture Global in a research report issued on Wednesday, November 12th. Capital One Financial analyst W. Suki now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.87 for the year, down from their prior estimate of $0.94. Capital One Financial currently has a “Equal Weight” rating and a $11.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Venture Global’s current full-year earnings is $0.52 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Venture Global’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.41 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.88 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.26 EPS.

Venture Global (NYSE:VG) last announced its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by ($0.06). The company had revenue of $3.33 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.23 billion. Venture Global had a net margin of 21.99% and a return on equity of 29.55%. The company’s revenue was up 259.5% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $17.50 target price on shares of Venture Global in a research report on Monday. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on Venture Global from $14.00 to $11.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Tudor Pickering raised Venture Global to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded shares of Venture Global from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $17.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Venture Global in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Venture Global has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $15.71.

Venture Global Trading Up 8.0%

Shares of NYSE:VG opened at $8.14 on Thursday. Venture Global has a twelve month low of $6.75 and a twelve month high of $25.50. The company has a current ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.46. The firm has a market cap of $19.75 billion and a P/E ratio of 10.43. The company has a 50 day moving average of $11.39 and a 200-day moving average of $12.87.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Venture Global

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new position in shares of Venture Global in the first quarter worth $18,551,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in Venture Global in the first quarter valued at about $2,417,000. Brown Advisory Inc. acquired a new position in Venture Global in the 1st quarter worth about $180,000. Stephens Inc. AR purchased a new stake in shares of Venture Global during the 1st quarter worth about $114,000. Finally, Context Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Venture Global during the 1st quarter worth about $768,000.

Insider Activity at Venture Global

In related news, insider Thomas Earl sold 500,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.69, for a total transaction of $6,845,000.00. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders have sold 1,500,000 shares of company stock worth $20,561,011 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 86.73% of the company’s stock.

Venture Global Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a half year 25 dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 19th were given a $0.017 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 50.0%. This is a positive change from Venture Global’s previous half year 25 dividend of $0.02. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 19th. Venture Global’s payout ratio is currently 8.97%.

About Venture Global

Venture Global has fundamentally reshaped the development and construction of liquefied natural gas production, establishing us as a rapidly growing company delivering critical LNG to the world. Our innovative and disruptive approach, which is both scalable and repeatable, allows us to bring LNG to a global market years faster and at a lower cost.