Liberty Energy Inc. (LBRT) Stock Analysis
Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $27.91: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 10%; Below-average business quality.
Liberty Energy provides hydraulic fracturing completions services and related technologies to onshore oil and gas E&P companies across North American shale basins, operating approximately 40 active fleets as of Dec 31, 2025. It also owns Liberty Power Innovations (distributed... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $27.91: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 10%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 37d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
About Liberty Energy Inc.
About Liberty Energy Inc.
Liberty Energy deployed approximately 40 active hydraulic fracturing fleets across North American shale plays — including the Permian Basin, Williston Basin, Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Appalachian Basin — as of December 31, 2025, staffed by 5,800 employees. The company's single North American reportable segment encompasses completions services; WTI averaged $65.45 per barrel in 2025, down from $76.63 in 2024, compressing E&P capital budgets and, in turn, demand for completion services.
Liberty Energy earns revenue through per-job completions contracts — principally hydraulic fracturing, wireline and proppant delivery — with E&P customers who adjust capital programs as commodity prices shift. Two Permian Basin sand mines provide vertically integrated proppant supply, reducing dependency on third-party logistics. The fleet mix has shifted toward electric and hybrid technology: digiFrac and digiPrime pumps carry approximately a 25% lower CO2e emission profile than Tier IV DGB units. In January 2025, Liberty Energy completed the IMG Acquisition for approximately $19.6 million, adding engineering and software capabilities for Liberty Power Innovations' distributed power platform; in January 2026, the company signed an agreement with Vantage Data Centers for at least 1 GW of power solutions with a firm 400 MW reservation to be delivered in 2027. The 10-K also notes that reliance upon a few large customers may adversely affect revenue if those customers reduce capital spending.
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Federal and state regulatory actions on hydraulic fracturing present the most durable external risk to Liberty Energy's core service line. In November 2025, the EPA issued a rule delaying methane compliance deadlines previously adopted in 2024, providing near-term relief; if those standards take effect, the 10-K notes they could make drilling and operating oil and gas wells more costly, reducing demand for completion services. States including New Mexico and Colorado have banned PFAS in hydraulic fracturing fluids, and Colorado's SB 19-181 enlarged local-government authority over well permitting — adding regulatory layers that may limit completion volumes in basins where Liberty Energy operates.
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From Liberty Energy Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 11, 2026.
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updated 2026-06-15Recent Developments — Liberty Energy Inc.
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- NEWS Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on Liberty Energy, Raises Price Target to $32 — benzinga May 8, 2026 positive
- NEWS Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Liberty Energy, Raises Price Target to $38 — benzinga Apr 27, 2026 positive
- NEWS UBS Maintains Buy on Liberty Energy, Raises Price Target to $40 — benzinga Apr 24, 2026 positive
- NEWS Stifel Maintains Buy on Liberty Energy, Raises Price Target to $37 — benzinga Apr 24, 2026 positive
- NEWS Transcript: Liberty Energy Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call — benzinga Apr 23, 2026 neutral
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $27.91: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 10%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $26.50. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $29.51 (+5.8% upside). Prior stop was $26.50. Stop-loss: $26.50.
Cyclical trap - fwd PE 79x vs trail 32x (2.5x); Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin -53.7%), High leverage (D/E 3.2).
Liberty Energy Inc. trades at a P/E of 31.7 (forward 79.0). TrendMatrix value score: 4.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
18 analysts cover LBRT with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $34.
What does Liberty Energy Inc. do?Liberty Energy provides hydraulic fracturing completions services and related technologies to onshore oil and gas E&P...
Liberty Energy provides hydraulic fracturing completions services and related technologies to onshore oil and gas E&P companies across North American shale basins, operating approximately 40 active fleets as of Dec 31, 2025. It also owns Liberty Power Innovations (distributed power and energy storage) and two Permian Basin sand mines.