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Liberty Energy Inc (NYSE: LBRT) closed the day trading at $14.42 up 0.21% from the previous closing price of $14.39. In other words, the price has increased by $0.21 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.05 million shares were traded. LBRT stock price reached its highest trading level at $14.655 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $14.1.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of LBRT, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 117.16 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 13.13. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.97 and its Current Ratio is at 1.27. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.27 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.22.
Citigroup Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on October 18, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $25 to $19.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 07 ’25 when Christopher A. Wright bought 666,618 shares for $15.20 per share.
Wright Christopher A bought 586,022 shares of LBRT for $8,936,836 on Mar 07 ’25. On Mar 03 ’25, another insider, Stock Michael, who serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, sold 5,000 shares for $17.14 each. As a result, the insider received 85,724 and left with 712,292 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LBRT now has a Market Capitalization of 2340885248 and an Enterprise Value of 2849638400. As of this moment, Liberty’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 7.73, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.46. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.54 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.18. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.66 whereas that against EBITDA is 3.205.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LBRT is 1.23, which has changed by -0.2847222 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.087141395 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LBRT has reached a high of $24.75, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $14.24. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -23.28%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -26.78%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, LBRT traded about 3.22M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LBRT traded about 3655180 shares per day. A total of 161.86M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 156.45M. Insiders hold about 3.62% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 102.58% stake in the company. Shares short for LBRT as of 1740700800 were 12431859 with a Short Ratio of 3.86, compared to 1738281600 on 13966960. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 12431859 and a Short% of Float of 11.0.
Dividends & Splits
LBRT’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.30, up from 0.29 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.020152884
