Capital One Financial Weighs in on NFE Q1 Earnings

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:NFE) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for New Fortress Energy in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 12th. Capital One Financial analyst W. Suki forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.05 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for New Fortress Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.36 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for New Fortress Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.04 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.15 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.07 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on NFE. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of New Fortress Energy from $23.00 to $19.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded New Fortress Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $11.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on New Fortress Energy from $15.00 to $14.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $15.60.

New Fortress Energy Stock Up 8.8 %

New Fortress Energy stock opened at $9.26 on Thursday. New Fortress Energy has a fifty-two week low of $7.58 and a fifty-two week high of $31.89. The company has a market cap of $2.52 billion, a PE ratio of 10.18 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.06, a quick ratio of 0.35 and a current ratio of 0.38. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $12.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $11.42.

New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported $0.13 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.07. New Fortress Energy had a return on equity of 15.60% and a net margin of 7.84%. The firm had revenue of $679.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $613.24 million.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Christopher S. Guinta acquired 5,000 shares of New Fortress Energy stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 13th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $8.57 per share, for a total transaction of $42,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 206,653 shares in the company, valued at $1,771,016.21. This represents a 2.48 % increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 37.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. KBC Group NV increased its holdings in shares of New Fortress Energy by 116.9% during the 3rd quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 3,436 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 1,852 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE boosted its stake in New Fortress Energy by 344.6% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 3,570 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 2,767 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP increased its position in shares of New Fortress Energy by 2,156.0% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 2,053 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 1,962 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of New Fortress Energy by 148.5% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,966 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,000 after acquiring an additional 2,370 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Quarry LP purchased a new position in shares of New Fortress Energy during the 4th quarter worth approximately $64,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 58.61% of the company’s stock.

About New Fortress Energy

New Fortress Energy Inc operates as an integrated gas-to-power energy infrastructure company that provides energy and development services to end-users worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Terminals and Infrastructure, and Ships. The Terminals and Infrastructure segment engages in the natural gas procurement and liquefaction; and shipping, logistics, facilities and conversion, or development of natural gas-fired power generation.