EQT (EQT) Valuation After Kodiak Exit and Strengthening U.S. Natural Gas Demand Dynamics

EQT (EQT) is back on investors radar after fully exiting its long running Kodiak Gas Services stake, locking in the first IPO outcome from its infrastructure portfolio just as US natural gas fundamentals tighten.

See our latest analysis for EQT.

Despite a soft patch in recent weeks, with a 7 day share price return of minus 8.42 percent and a latest close of $55.57, EQT still shows firm underlying momentum. This is supported by a roughly 17 percent year to date share price return and a standout 5 year total shareholder return of about 338 percent as investors lean into the Kodiak exit and improving US gas fundamentals.

If EQT’s move has you thinking more broadly about energy linked opportunities, it could be worth scanning aerospace and defense stocks for other resilient, cash generative names with structural demand tailwinds.

With shares still trading at a double digit discount to consensus targets and analysts forecasting robust cash flow growth, the key question now is whether EQT remains undervalued or if the market is already pricing in that upside.

Most Popular Narrative: 13.2% Undervalued

With EQT last closing at $55.57 against a narrative fair value of $64, the story hinges on how durable its future cash flows really are.

Analysts expect earnings to reach $3.8 billion (and earnings per share of $5.88) by about September 2028, up from $1.1 billion today. However, there is a considerable amount of disagreement amongst the analysts with the most bullish expecting $5.9 billion in earnings, and the most bearish expecting $2.5 billion.

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Result: Fair Value of $64 (UNDERVALUED)

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However, faster decarbonization policies or tighter methane and infrastructure regulation could dampen long term gas demand and compress EQT’s margins.

Find out about the key risks to this EQT narrative.

Another Angle on Valuation

On earnings-based valuation, EQT looks far less of a bargain. It trades on about 19.5 times earnings, richer than both the US Oil and Gas industry at 13.3 times and peers at 15.6 times, even though our fair ratio sits higher at 22.3 times. Is the market already front loading a lot of good news here?

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

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