LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A (LBRT)
Energy · Oilfield Services · NYSE
A leading North American oilfield services provider specializing in hydraulic fracturing and expanding into distributed power generation.
What LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A does
Liberty Energy Inc. is an oilfield services company that provides hydraulic fracturing and related services, including wireline and pump-down services, for onshore oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in North America. The company is also expanding into distributed power solutions to support energy infrastructure needs.
Themes: hydraulic fracturing, oil and gas production services, distributed power generation, energy infrastructure
Fundamentals
- Price$19.36 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$3.5B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+82.3% 2025-08-21 close $10.62 → 2026-08-21 close $19.36
- P/E28.37 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+2.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+18.5% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+6.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.79 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+2.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-1.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.73 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-23 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.4%; at least 4 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How LBRT compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 118 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 25% 142 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 152 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 138 covered Energy peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 98 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 95 covered Energy peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Energy companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
LBRT is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
30.7 #942 of 987 scored · #64 of 64 in Energy
Valuation 53rd (price to book 1.4, price to earnings 28.4) and financial health 46th (free cash flow margin 11.2%, debt to equity 0.8); weakest is profitability (12th, operating margin 1.3%, return on equity 6.1%).
Short-term score
32.4 #1609 of 1,704 scored · #86 of 86 in Energy
Momentum 43rd: MACD momentum is positive; setup 38th: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced a bit over half of its move over the past year — 61% of it; weakest is trend 23rd: it is trading 16.0% below its 50-day average, the short-term trend line.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Exceeded at least one reported measure. In FY2025, LBRT's dividend exceeded at least one reported measure of what it earned or generated (earnings payout 37%, free-cash-flow payout 386%). A payout above 100% in one year is not necessarily unsustainable, but it is not fully covered by that measure.
- Earnings payout37% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout386% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A looks technically
LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A (LBRT) is trading 20.8% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 8 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 20 trading days ago. It is 43.8% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 20.8% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -20.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $23.05 | $23.05 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $24.45 | $24.45 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 24 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 24 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 15.85. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a five-part sequence in leg 4. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 8 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 8 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 22.3 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 39.8 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($18.69 to $22.31) — its "stochastic" reading is 19 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 18.5 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 13 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $34.48 | $34.48 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 43.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -43.9% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 95.6% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +95.6% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 43.8% below its highest point of the past year | 43.9% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 20 trading days ago | 20 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 20 trading days ago | 20 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $34.48 (set on 2026-05-14) | $34.48 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($10.02 to $33.93), and it has given back a bit over half of its rise from last year’s low — 61% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $18.39 to $19.15. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 60.9% |
| From the all-time high | it is 43.8% below its all-time high | -43.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.0% below a resistance level at $19.55 — a price it turned at twice since 2024-11-25, most recently on 2024-12-12. Since 2024-08-21 it has 11 such levels below the current price and 7 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +1.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $2.17 (set on 2020-03-20) | $2.17 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 792.2% above its all-time low | +792.2% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are wider than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (wider than about 75% of it) | 75th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.23 between its high and its low — about 6.4% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.23 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $16.67 and $22.94 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $16.67 – $19.80 – $22.94 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 6.4% in a typical session — more volatile than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 6.4% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 4.1 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (20.8% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 4.1 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.53× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 0.5% since the prior reading | -0.5% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.7% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 3.2% above the previous close 16 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 17.09 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +3.2% |
| Gap filled | a 2.2% gap up opened on 2026-08-10 has been "filled" 2 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 7 sessions to close | 2 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 24.5 percentage points (the stock lost 22.2% while the market gained 2.3%) | -24.5% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 44.2 percentage points (the stock lost 41.1% while the market gained 3.1%) | -44.2% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 39.0 percentage points (the stock lost 27.9% while the market gained 11.1%) | -39.0% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 61.8 percentage points (the stock gained 82.3% while the market gained 20.5%) | +61.8% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 25% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 14.8% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -25.3% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 25% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $25.70 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -24.7% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 2% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-23 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $19.02 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 22 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +1.8% |
Price levels it has turned at before
LBRT last closed at $19.36 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 11 prices below its last close and 7 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $19.55 | Resistance | 1.0% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-25 to 2024-12-12 |
| $19.14 | Support | 1.1% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-06 to 2025-10-29 |
| $18.68 | Support | 3.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-09-26 to 2025-02-21 |
| $18.26 | Support | 5.7% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-09-11 to 2025-12-31 |
| $20.97 | Resistance | 8.3% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-10-07 to 2025-12-12 |
| $26.04 | Resistance | 34.5% above the last close | turned there four times · 2026-03-09 to 2026-07-23 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $15.85.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a five-part sequence in leg 4, which fails on a close above $23.11.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Recent death cross (50-day crossed below 200-day) · Pulled back from the 12-month high · lagging the market · Printed a doji candle · Most volatile (6%+ typical daily range) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 13 analysts
- Mean price target$29.04 range $23.00 – $36.00; median $28.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-22. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for LBRT
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.108 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-22
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Volatility in oil and natural gas prices and demand affecting customer activity levels","Exposure to geopolitical conflicts and energy market disruptions, such as closures of key trade routes like the Strait of Hormuz","Risks associated with regulatory changes, legislative impacts, and evolving environmental policies"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of LBRT's 10-Q filed 2026-04-23 against the prior one filed 2025-10-17.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Added reference to 'expected growth from recent acquisitions' in forward-looking statements (2026 filing)
- Added reference to 'expectations regarding the success of our distributed power business' in forward-looking statements (2026 filing)
- Added reference to 'the deployment of fleets in the future' in forward-looking statements (2026 filing)
- Added specific reference to 'the ongoing conflict with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz' as example of worldwide political/military conflict impact (2026 filing)
- Added reference to 'return of capital to stockholders' in forward-looking statements (2026 filing)
- Updated Annual Report reference year from 'December 31, 2024' to 'December 31, 2025' (2026 filing)
- Updated SEC reference from 'U.S. Securities Exchange Commission' to 'U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission' (2026 filing)
- Removed:
- Removed 'power demand and outlook for the power industry' as separate item, now consolidated into general power industry statement (2026 filing changes phrasing but not the substantive risk)
- Removed 'planned capital expenditures' from explicit forward-looking statement list in 2026 filing
- Reworded:
- Changed forward-looking statement introduction from 'expected performance, future operating results' to include 'our expected growth from recent acquisitions, expected performance' (2026 filing)
- Revised phrasing of financial impact risks from generic 'worldwide political, military and armed conflict' to include specific example '(including the impact of the ongoing conflict with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz)' (2026 filing)
- Added 'business strategy and objectives for future operations' as additional category of forward-looking statements (2026 filing)
- Notes:
- The two filings cover different fiscal periods (Q1 2026 vs Q3 2025) and reference different comparative prior-year periods in financial statements, making some numerical changes expected and not indicative of substantive risk factor changes
- Financial statement line items show different account balances due to different reporting dates (March 31, 2026 vs September 30, 2025), not changes in risk disclosures
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
1 open-market purchase and 5 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days1 buy ($250009) · 2 sells ($126487) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
- Last 90 days1 buy ($250009) · 5 sells ($881445) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
- Last 180 days1 buy ($250009) · 7 sells ($2M) — 1 buying, 2 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-04. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about LBRT's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding LBRT as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 35,862,012
- Reported value $1,032,825,960
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 5 increased, 0 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
LBRT had 14,310,623 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for LBRT because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 14,310,623
- Prior settlement (shares) 14,971,944
- Reported change -4.42%
- Days to cover (reported) 1.95
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Frequently asked questions
What does LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A (LBRT) do?
Liberty Energy Inc. is an oilfield services company that provides hydraulic fracturing and related services, including wireline and pump-down services, for onshore oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in North America. The company is also expanding into distributed power solutions to support energy infrastructure needs.
What sector is LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A (LBRT) in?
LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A (LBRT) is classified in the Energy sector. Its industry is Oilfield Services. It trades on NYSE.
Does LBRT pay a dividend?
Yes — LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A (LBRT) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.42% and at least 4 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A's (LBRT) competitors?
Notable peers of LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A (LBRT) include Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Schlumberger and ProFrac Holding. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A (LBRT) overbought or oversold right now?
LIBERTY ENERGY INC CLASS A (LBRT) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on LBRT come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.