The trading price of EQT Corp (NYSE:EQT) closed higher on Tuesday, February 11, and closed at $53.76, 0.49% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $53.17 and $54.53. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 63.71, while its 5Y monthly beta was 1.069. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $54.85 and a 52-week low of $30.02. Over the past month, the stock has gained 9.71% in value.
EQT Corp, whose market valuation is $32.08 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in March. The dividend yield on the company stock is 1.17%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 0.63. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0.52 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 1.35 for current year and 2.94 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 1.81B for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 1.48B and highs of 2.01B. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 5.52B.
On the technical side, indicators suggest EQT has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned EQT a recommendation rating is 28. Out of them, 6 rate it a Hold, while 22 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged EQT Corp (EQT) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 3.01, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that EQT’s price is currently 3.11% off the SMA20 and 11.83% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 62.36, and weekly volatility stands at 3.25%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 3.01%. EQT Corp (NYSE:EQT)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.10, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 1.64. With analysts defining $32-$49 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $41.5 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 40.48% off the estimated low and 8.85% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if EQT’s share price rises to $41.5, which is the median consensus price. At that level, EQT’s share price would be 22.81% above current price.
To see how EQT Corp stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: EQT stock’s performance was 0.49% in the latest trading, and 54.71% in the past year. EQT Corp has a P/E ratio of 63.71.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of EQT Corp (NYSE:EQT) indicates that the 3-month average is 7.76 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 6.72.
Currently, records show that 596.27 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 1.08% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 99.39%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-01-31, stood at 16.54 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 1.98 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 335.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in January were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 17.05 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 16.59% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
