# Liberty Energy Inc. (LBRT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Energy / Energy Equipment & Services. Price $20.59, market value $3.4 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 27.8×** (5-yr avg 10.9×, 3-yr avg 12.1×). Liberty Energy Inc. trades at 27.8× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 10.9×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Energy median in the September 2026 study was 16.8×. Forward P/E is 70.7×, higher than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to fall.
- **Price / sales: 0.8×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.8×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 1.7×**. The shares trade at 1.7× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 6.8×**. Enterprise value is 6.8× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed; below 8× is inexpensive for most sectors.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -9.4%** (5-yr avg 3.6%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 3.6%**. The inverse of the P/E: 3.6% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 1.3%**. 1.3% of revenue is left after running the business, which leaves little cushion in a downturn.
- **Net margin: 3.7%**. 3.7% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 7.1%**. 7.1% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 1.8%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 1.8%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: 3.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 3.4% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -7.2%** (3-yr -1.2%/yr, 5-yr 32.9%/yr). Revenue fell 7.2% over the last year, against 32.9% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -52.4%** (3-yr -25.0%/yr). Earnings per share fell 52.4%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -43.6%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -43.6% a year over three years, lagging earnings: check whether profits are turning into cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.12**. Debt is 0.12 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 0.4×**. It would take 0.4 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Altman Z-score: 3.37**. A Z-score of 3.37 places the company in the safe zone for bankruptcy risk.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 1.75%** ($0.35 per share, trailing). Liberty Energy Inc. yields 1.75%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 37%**. 37% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 4**. 4 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 45.9%/yr** (1-yr 13.8%). The dividend has compounded at 45.9% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 2 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 94.0%** (YTD 12.2%, 3-mo -27.6%). The shares are up 94.0% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -40.3%** (106.1% above the low). Trading 40% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 52**. An RSI of 52 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.29** (volatility 65%). Beta of 1.29 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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