Liberty Energy Valuation

Is LBRT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LBRT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$28.11
Fair Value
58.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
13
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: LBRT ($11.71) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($28.11)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LBRT is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LBRT?

Key metric: As LBRT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LBRT. This is calculated by dividing LBRT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LBRT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio7.5x
EarningsUS$254.23m
Market CapUS$1.90b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LBRT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LBRT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average29x
SEI Solaris Energy Infrastructure
69.2x54.57%US$1.8b
OII Oceaneering International
10.5xn/aUS$1.9b
FLOC Flowco Holdings
6.8x28.50%US$1.7b
ARIS Aris Water Solutions
29.5x39.45%US$1.4b
LBRT Liberty Energy
7.5x-12.68%US$1.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LBRT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.5x) compared to the peer average (30.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LBRT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Energy Services Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
PKDC Parker Drilling
1.3xn/aUS$165.56m
BASX.Q Basic Energy Services
n/an/aUS$24.00
No more companies available in this PE range
LBRT 7.5xIndustry Avg. 10.8xNo. of Companies11PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LBRT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.5x) compared to the US Energy Services industry average (10.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LBRT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LBRT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.5x
Fair PE Ratio7.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LBRT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LBRT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$11.71
US$16.19
+38.28%
21.85%US$24.00US$11.00n/a13
May ’26US$11.89
US$16.58
+39.42%
25.04%US$25.00US$11.00n/a13
Apr ’26US$15.85
US$20.39
+28.66%
15.34%US$26.00US$16.00n/a14
Mar ’26US$17.27
US$21.21
+22.84%
13.11%US$26.00US$16.00n/a14
Feb ’26US$18.31
US$21.64
+18.20%
14.36%US$27.00US$16.00n/a14
Jan ’26US$19.89
US$20.69
+4.03%
11.43%US$25.00US$18.00n/a13
Dec ’25US$18.40
US$20.82
+13.16%
11.61%US$25.00US$18.00n/a14
Nov ’25US$16.68
US$20.82
+24.83%
11.61%US$25.00US$18.00n/a14
Oct ’25US$19.94
US$24.11
+20.90%
12.89%US$28.00US$18.00n/a14
Sep ’25US$20.59
US$24.61
+19.51%
11.85%US$28.00US$18.00n/a14
Aug ’25US$22.83
US$24.70
+8.19%
11.21%US$28.00US$18.00n/a15
Jul ’25US$20.28
US$25.33
+24.92%
12.54%US$32.00US$18.00n/a15
Jun ’25US$24.69
US$25.47
+3.15%
12.41%US$32.00US$18.00n/a15
May ’25US$21.03
US$24.73
+17.61%
11.38%US$28.00US$18.00US$11.8915
Apr ’25US$20.97
US$23.47
+11.91%
11.10%US$28.00US$18.00US$15.8515
Mar ’25US$21.84
US$23.47
+7.45%
11.10%US$28.00US$18.00US$17.2715
Feb ’25US$20.42
US$23.53
+15.25%
11.39%US$28.00US$18.00US$18.3115
Jan ’25US$18.14
US$23.57
+29.92%
10.87%US$27.00US$18.00US$19.8915
Dec ’24US$19.83
US$23.97
+20.86%
10.95%US$27.00US$18.00US$18.4015
Nov ’24US$19.96
US$23.83
+19.41%
11.61%US$27.00US$18.00US$16.6815
Oct ’24US$18.52
US$19.43
+4.93%
15.35%US$26.00US$14.00US$19.9415
Sep ’24US$16.51
US$19.07
+15.49%
15.61%US$26.00US$14.00US$20.5915
Aug ’24US$16.51
US$19.07
+15.49%
15.61%US$26.00US$14.00US$22.8315
Jul ’24US$13.37
US$19.20
+43.61%
18.87%US$28.00US$14.00US$20.2815
Jun ’24US$12.55
US$19.67
+56.71%
19.90%US$28.00US$14.50US$24.6915
May ’24US$13.05
US$19.87
+52.24%
20.52%US$28.00US$14.50US$21.0315
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 13 Analysts
US$16.19
Fair Value
27.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
13
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/25 01:52
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/23 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Liberty Energy Inc. is covered by 27 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Waqar SyedATB Capital Markets
Derek PodhaizerBarclays
Sungeun KimBarclays