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EQT Corporation EQT

$50.17 +0.16% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $31.38B

High qualityInexpensive vs sectorLow risk

Next earnings report: Oct 20, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.54, up 145.4% year over year.
  2. Operating margin widened to 43.2% from 26.6% a year earlier.
  3. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth57Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 35%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 16%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 22%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 27%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 3%
Quality89Strong

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 44%
  • Gross marginTop 12%
  • Operating marginTop 11%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 41%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 43%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%
  • Interest coverTop 18%
Value82Strong

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 23%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 16%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 21%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 24%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 28%
Momentum24Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 22%
  • 6-month returnBottom 30%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 22%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 40%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions57Neutral

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 36%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 33%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 31%
Stability85Strong

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 25%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 23%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 39%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)58.4%16.0%↓
EPS growth (YoY)845.0%145.4%↓
Gross margin44.0%68.4%↑
Operating margin26.6%43.2%↑
FCF margin26.5%40.6%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)16.0%58.4%↓Top 35%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)145.4%845.0%↓Top 16%
Gross margin68.4%44.0%↑Top 12%
Operating margin43.2%26.6%↑Top 11%
Net margin30.7%14.3%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin40.6%26.5%↑—
Return on invested capital7.9%—Top 44%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-9.3%—Bottom 27%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
2.19×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-8.2%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.6%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-13.9 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
0.89×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
10.3×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
1.30%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-0.01%
Shareholder yield
1.29%
Share count change, 1 year
+3.8%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+20.0%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 22, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
7 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+17.2%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.3%
Positive 20 days after report
6 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$70.33
Target vs current price
+40.2%
Analysts with a rating
45
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
67%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 21, 2026-5.4%+1.5%+6.0%+8.1%—
Apr 21, 2026+12.0%-0.0%+2.9%+0.8%-13.3%
Feb 17, 2026+18.4%-1.6%+0.6%+9.6%-5.0%
Oct 21, 2025+43.8%-1.3%-4.8%+4.6%-11.6%
Jul 22, 2025+7.3%+1.5%-3.0%-5.7%-0.5%
Apr 22, 2025+14.6%+1.9%+7.2%+16.5%+23.2%
Feb 18, 2025+29.7%+0.7%-6.3%-3.3%+5.2%
Oct 29, 2024+58.4%+0.0%-1.4%+23.3%+29.9%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 21, 2026$0.39$0.41-5.4%$1.81B
Apr 21, 2026$2.33$2.08+12.0%$3.38B
Feb 17, 2026$0.90$0.76+18.4%$2.39B
Oct 21, 2025$0.52$0.36+43.8%$1.82B
Jul 22, 2025$0.45$0.42+7.3%$2.56B
Apr 22, 2025$1.18$1.03+14.6%$2.42B
Feb 18, 2025$0.69$0.53+29.7%$1.81B
Oct 29, 2024$0.12$0.08+58.4%$1.22B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)11.1×14.8×44thTop 23%
P/E (forward)12.4×———
EV / EBITDA6.0×——Top 21%
EV / Sales3.98×——Bottom 24%
Free-cash-flow yield12.00%——Top 16%
Earnings yield9.05%——Top 23%

P/E over the past five years

Range 3.0× – 135.1× since Sep 30, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-10.7%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+145.4%
Change in P/E multiple
-57.6%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
+0.4%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-1.2%
Distance from 50-day average
-5.0%
Distance from 200-day average
-9.6%
RSI (14)
41.3
Relative volume
0.98×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
29.5%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
15th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.34
Correlation with S&P 500
0.15
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-26.1%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-32.4%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Sep 14, 2022Mar 15, 2023-43.0%125 days460 days (Jan 14, 2025)
Jun 1, 2022Jul 6, 2022-36.4%23 days38 days (Aug 29, 2022)
May 17, 2021Aug 20, 2021-30.0%67 days99 days (Jan 11, 2022)
Mar 25, 2026Sep 30, 2026-28.5%130 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 27, 2020Dec 29, 2020-22.9%43 days9 days (Jan 12, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$31.38B
P/E (TTM)
11.1
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$4.54
Revenue (TTM)
$9.29B
Dividend yield
1.32%
52-week range
$47.94 – $68.24
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$6.84B$12.14B$5.07B$5.22B$9.07B
Gross profit$3.00B$8.06B$941.6M$767.2M$4.43B
Operating income-$1.36B$2.72B$2.31B$685.3M$3.15B
Net income-$1.14B$1.77B$1.74B$230.6M$2.04B
EPS (diluted)-$3.57$4.38$4.20$0.41$3.31
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$1.22B$1.81B$2.42B$2.56B$1.82B$2.27B$3.38B$1.81B
Net income-$300.8M$418.4M$242.1M$784.1M$335.9M$677.1M$1.55B$281.4M
EPS (diluted)-$0.54$0.69$0.40$1.30$0.53$1.08$2.49$0.44
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$1.66B$3.47B$3.18B$2.83B$5.13B
Capital expenditure-$1.06B-$1.40B-$2.02B-$2.25B-$2.29B
Free cash flow$607.3M$2.07B$1.16B$573.3M$2.84B
Dividends paid$0-$203.6M-$228.3M-$326.6M-$389.6M
Net share buybacks-$12.9M-$409.5M-$201.0M$3.41B-$1.1M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$112.9M
Total assets
$41.32B
Total liabilities
$12.46B
Total debt
$5.66B
Net debt
$5.54B
Shareholders’ equity
$25.26B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 22, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 5, 2026$0.17Sep 1, 2026
May 6, 2026$0.17Jun 1, 2026
Feb 17, 2026$0.17Mar 2, 2026
Nov 5, 2025$0.17Dec 1, 2025
Aug 6, 2025$0.16Sep 2, 2025
May 7, 2025$0.16Jun 2, 2025
Feb 18, 2025$0.16Mar 3, 2025
Nov 6, 2024$0.16Dec 2, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
22,369,263
Days to cover
3.79
Change vs previous report
+9.7%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Nov 13, 2018
1,837-for-1,000
Sep 2, 2005
2-for-1
Jun 12, 2001
2-for-1
Jan 26, 1993
3-for-2
Apr 1, 1987
3-for-2