Liberty Energy Inc. (LBRT) Stock Analysis
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Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $33.00: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.5/10. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Below-average business quality; Rich valuation.
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 $33.00: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.5/10. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Below-average business quality; Rich valuation. Chart setup: RSI 50 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 4.5/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 64d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Liberty Energy Inc.
Latest news
- Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on Liberty Energy, Raises Price Target to $32 — benzinga May 8, 2026 positive
- Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Liberty Energy, Raises Price Target to $38 — benzinga Apr 27, 2026 positive
- UBS Maintains Buy on Liberty Energy, Raises Price Target to $40 — benzinga Apr 24, 2026 positive
- Stifel Maintains Buy on Liberty Energy, Raises Price Target to $37 — benzinga Apr 24, 2026 positive
- Transcript: Liberty Energy Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call — benzinga Apr 23, 2026 neutral
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3 floor-breakers
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Priced at a premium — multiples above sector norms. Needs delivery on growth + margins to justify.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $33.00: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.5/10. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Below-average business quality; Rich valuation. Chart setup: RSI 50 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $30.76. Score 4.5/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $33.79 (+2.2% upside). Prior stop was $30.76. Stop-loss: $30.76.
Cyclical trap - fwd PE 94x vs trail 36x (2.6x); Target reached (-13.0% upside); Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0).
Liberty Energy Inc. trades at a P/E of 36.3 (forward 93.6). TrendMatrix value score: 3.6/10. Verdict: Sell.
18 analysts cover LBRT with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $33.
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.