Liberty Energy Inc.

Description

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. In addition, the company provides services primarily in the Permian Basin, the Williston Basin, the Eagle Ford Shale, the Haynesville Shale, the Appalachian Basin (Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale), the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, the Denver-Julesburg Basin (the DJ Basin), and the Anadarko Basin. Liberty Energy Inc. was formerly known as Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. and changed its name to Liberty Energy Inc. in April 2022. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

About

CEO
Mr. Christopher A. Wright
Employees
5,500
Instrument type
Common Stock
Sector
Energy
Industry
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
MIC code
XNYS
Address
950 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202, United States
Phone
303 515 2800
Website
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Earnings

Date Estimate EPS Actual EPS Difference % Surprise
Jan 28, 2026
Oct 14, 2025
Jul 15, 2025
Apr 15, 2025
Oct 17, 2024 0.58 0.45 -0.13 -22.41%

Earnings estimate

Current Quarter
(Mar 2025)
Next Quarter
(Jun 2025)
Current Year
(Dec 2025)
Next Year
(Dec 2026)
Number of analysts 7 7 9 6
Average estimate 0.18 0.23 1.25 1.74
Low estimate 0.11 0.14 0.57 0.87
High estimate 0.30 0.34 3.43 3.00
Last year EPS 0.47 0.61 1.64 1.25
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Growth estimates

Current qtr (Mar 2025)
-81.560%
Next qtr. (Jun 2025)
-76.520%
Current year (Dec 2025)
-64.880%
Next year (Dec 2026)
140.720%
Next 5 years (per annum)
Past 5 years (per annum)

Analyst Ratings

Date Firm Action Rating Price Target
Jan 31, 2025
Stifel
Stephen Gengaro
Maintains Buy ▲ Raises $23 → $25
Jan 31, 2025
Wells Fargo
Roger Read
Maintains Overweight ▼ Lowers $24 → $22
Jan 31, 2025
RBC Capital
Keith Mackey
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $26 → $24
Jan 8, 2025
TD Cowen
Marc Bianchi
Maintains Hold ▼ Lowers $18 → $16
Jan 7, 2025
Citigroup
Scott Gruber
Maintains Neutral ▲ Raises $19 → $22
Jan 6, 2025
Stifel
Stephen Gengaro
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $25 → $23
Oct 18, 2024
Citigroup
Scott Gruber
Downgrade Neutral ▼ Lowers $25 → $19
Oct 18, 2024
Stifel
Stephen Gengaro
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $26 → $25
Oct 18, 2024
Barclays
Derek Podhaizer
Maintains Overweight ▼ Lowers $24 → $21
Oct 18, 2024
RBC Capital
Keith Mackey
Maintains Outperform ▼ Lowers $26 → $23
Oct 18, 2024
Wells Fargo
Roger Read
Maintains Overweight ▼ Lowers $25 → $24
Oct 16, 2024
Barclays
Derek Podhaizer
Maintains Overweight ▼ Lowers $26 → $24
Oct 11, 2024
Stifel
Stephen Gengaro
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $27 → $26
Oct 3, 2024
Citigroup
Scott Gruber
Maintains Buy ▼ Lowers $28 → $25
Jul 23, 2024
Barclays
Derek Podhaizer
Maintains Overweight ▼ Lowers $27 → $26
Jul 19, 2024
TD Cowen
Marc Bianchi
Maintains Hold ▼ Lowers $21 → $20
Jul 15, 2024
Piper Sandler
Luke Lemoine
Maintains Overweight ▼ Lowers $28 → $25
Jul 15, 2024
B of A Securities
Chase Mulvehill
Maintains Neutral ▼ Lowers $24 → $22
May 29, 2024
Citigroup
Scott Gruber
Upgrade Buy ▲ Raises $24 → $32
Apr 22, 2024
Morgan Stanley
Connor Lynagh
Maintains Equal-Weight Maintains $24
Apr 19, 2024
Barclays
Derek Podhaizer
Maintains Overweight ▲ Raises $25 → $27
Apr 19, 2024
TD Cowen
Marc Bianchi
Maintains Hold ▲ Raises $19 → $21
Apr 19, 2024
Wells Fargo
Roger Read
Maintains Overweight ▲ Raises $24 → $26
Apr 19, 2024
RBC Capital
Keith Mackey
Maintains Outperform ▲ Raises $25 → $27
Apr 15, 2024
B of A Securities
Chase Mulvehill
Maintains Neutral ▲ Raises $20 → $23
Jan 29, 2024
Morgan Stanley
Connor Lynagh
Maintains Equal-Weight ▲ Raises $23 → $24
Jan 26, 2024
Piper Sandler
Luke Lemoine
Maintains Overweight ▲ Raises $27 → $28
Dec 21, 2023
Wells Fargo
Roger Read
Maintains Overweight ▼ Lowers $25 → $24
Dec 14, 2023
Citigroup
Scott Gruber
Maintains Neutral ▼ Lowers $22 → $20
Oct 23, 2023
Goldman Sachs
Neil Mehta
Maintains Neutral ▲ Raises $19 → $21

Income statement

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Fiscal date 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31 2020-12-31 2019-12-31
Total reported revenue 4.75B 4.15B 2.47B 965.79M 1.99B
Cost of revenue 3.77B 3.47B 2.51B 1.04B 1.79B
Gross profit 977.04M 677.16M -41.90M -72.28M 203.79M
Operating expense
Research & development
Selling general and admin 221.41M 180.04M 123.41M 84.10M 97.59M
Other operating expenses
Operating income 755.64M 497.12M -165.31M -156.38M 106.20M
Non operating interest income
Income 1.99M 263,000 2.80M
Expense 29.49M 22.72M 15.60M 14.77M 17.49M
Other income expense 6.76M -74.90M 3.12M -20.65M -2.60M
Pretax income 734.89M 399.51M -177.79M -191.53M 88.92M
Tax provision 178.48M -793,000 9.22M -30.86M 14.05M
Net income 556.41M 400.30M -187.00M -160.67M 74.86M
Basic EPS 3.24 2.17 -1.03 -1.36 0.54
Diluted EPS 3.15 2.11 -1.03 -1.36 0.53
Basic average shares 171.85M 184.33M 174.02M 85.24M 72.33M
Diluted average shares 171.85M 184.33M 174.02M 85.24M 72.33M
EBITDA 1.18B 743.96M 116.49M 23.97M 274.38M
Net income from continuing op. 556.41M 400.30M -187.00M -160.67M 74.86M
Minority interests -91,000 -700,000 7.76M 45.09M -35.86M
Preferred stock dividends

Balance sheet

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Fiscal date 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31 2020-12-31 2019-12-31
Total assets 3.03B 2.58B 2.04B 1.89B 1.28B
Current assets
Cash
Cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents 36.78M 43.68M 20.00M 68.98M 112.69M
Other short term investments
Accounts receivable 381.19M 410.31M 298.53M 244.43M 204.41M
Other receivables 188.94M 175.70M 108.92M 69.52M 38.87M
Inventory 205.87M 214.45M 134.59M 118.57M 88.55M
Prepaid assets 68.33M 40.93M 34.83M
Restricted cash
Assets held for sale
Hedging assets
Other current assets 124.14M 112.53M 68.33M
Non current assets
Properties 3.01B 2.25B 1.85B 1.44B 1.19B
Land and improvements 29.38M 29.28M 33.81M 38.35M 5.40M
Machinery furniture equipment 75.26M 72.19M 69.50M 66.58M 66.91M
Construction in progress 156.59M 158.52M 89.60M 153.72M 26.73M
Leases
Accumulated depreciation -1.50B -1.14B -863.19M -622.53M -455.69M
Goodwill
Investment properties
Financial assets
Intangible assets
Investments and advances
Other non current assets 158.98M 117.89M 82.90M 87.25M 34.34M
Total liabilities 1.19B 1.08B 810.22M 579.90M 501.94M
Current liabilities
Accounts payable 293.73M 326.82M 288.80M 193.34M 117.61M
Accrued expenses 261.07M 280.68M 235.12M 118.38M 108.95M
Short term debt 67.40M 39.71M 40.78M 44.43M 39.93M
Deferred revenue 3.86M 4.55M
Tax payable 17.23M 2.29M
Pensions
Other current liabilities
Non current liabilities
Long term debt 337.91M 309.21M 202.86M 167.16M 167.30M
Provision for risks and charges 112.47M 118.87M 37.56M 56.59M 48.48M
Deferred liabilities 102.34M 1.04M 563,000 19.66M
Derivative product liabilities
Other non current liabilities
Shareholders equity
Common stock 1.67M 1.79M 1.86M 1.80M 1.13M
Retained earnings 752.33M 234.53M -155.95M 23.29M 143.11M
Other shareholders equity -6.08M -7.40M -306,000
Total shareholders equity 1.84B 1.50B 1.23B 1.31B 781.49M
Additional paid in capital 1.09B 1.27B 1.37B 1.13B 410.60M
Treasury stock
Minority interest 2.29M 17.20M 159.41M 226.67M

Cash flow statement

202320222021202020192018201720162015
Operating Activities
Net Income556.41M400.30M-187.00M-160.67M74.86M249.03M168.50M-60.56M-9.06M
Depreciation421.51M323.03M262.76M180.08M165.38M125.11M81.47M41.36M36.44M
Deferred Taxes118.50M63.72M-13.96M-25.00M23.29M20.49M
Stock-Based Compensation33.03M23.11M19.95M17.14M13.59M5.45M
Other Non-Cash Items3.81M2.75M6.04M5.01M-72,0004.03M2.31M630,000514,000
Accounts Receivable-243,000-192.13M-90.14M62.69M-6.00M11.98M-130.23M-42.97M9.29M
Accounts Payable164.46M-15.28M21.39M-26.50M112.90M38.57M-47.04M
Other Assets & Liabilities-66.30M-141.74M-52.12M15.92M-43.40M-70.15M-52.86M-18.46M3.62M
Operating Cash Flow1.07B479.04M109.98M79.87M249.03M319.44M182.09M-41.42M-6.24M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures-603.30M-459.32M-211.90M-103.64M-195.17M-38.49M
Net Intangibles
Net Acquisitions-95.94M-15.00M
Purchase of Investments-13.11M
Sale of Investments
Investing Cash Flow-672.33M-450.66M-199.60M-100.27M-194.35M3.34M1.75M6.08M-38.49M
Financing Activities
Long-Term Debt Issuance274.00M231.50M40.00M
Long-Term Debt Payments-1.25B-624.70M-265.11M-13.41M-13.89M-92.85M-216.12M-91.23M-58.47M
Other Financing Charges-11.42M-9.60M-6.66M-11.02M-10.31M-30.40M-13.23M-413,000-50,000
Financing Cash Flow-1.48B-671.77M20.06M-28.87M-57.38M-38.78M-38.79M111.84M-18.52M
Other Cash Details
End Cash Position36.78M43.68M20.00M68.98M112.69M103.31M16.32M11.48M
Income Tax Paid66.69M10.74M1.04M27.26M
Interest Paid26.65M20.31M13.27M11.22M12.64M13.96M9.77M4.73M5.03M
Free Cash Flow411.29M71.04M-76.43M-18.21M65.93M92.42M-116.69M-143.14M-32.37M

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