EQT Corporation · EQT · FY2024 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2024
EQT highlights integration synergies and raised Q4 production guidance
EQT's Q3 2024 analysis supports a constructive operating thesis: rapid Equitrans integration, reported synergies, and a low-cost vertically integrated model may strengthen execution and demand positioning. The thesis still depends on commodity prices, asset-sale progress, curtailment flexibility, and delivery of planned compression and integration benefits.
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What changed
Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, management's analysis shifted from maintained to raised guidance, while highlighting $145 million of annualized synergies, net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions ahead of target, and a $1.25 billion non-operating asset sale with debt retirements. The supplied analysis also points to modestly higher capex and continued integration work.
Guidance delta
Management raised Q4 production guidance and indicated modestly higher capital expenditure.
Key takeaways
- Management's analysis says Equitrans integration produced $145 million of annualized synergies within three months, ahead of schedule.
- The vertically integrated model is presented as supporting low-cost production and flexibility to curtail volumes when prices are volatile.
- EQT said it achieved net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions ahead of its 2025 target, according to the supplied analysis.
- Management linked medium-term natural-gas demand to coal retirements, data-center power needs, and AI-related generation.
Management priorities
- Incorporate remaining integration progress into the 2025 budget and capture additional synergies.
- Scale compression projects and continue water-system connectivity investments.
- Continue asset sales to support the 2025 debt-reduction target.
- Maintain net-zero Scope 1 and 2 status and expand the carbon-offset partnership.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 26, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 23, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 6, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Mar 27, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Mar 17, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Mar 5, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Nov 21, 2025 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Roth Capital | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 12, 2025 |
| Tudor Pickering | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Jun 20, 2023 |
| Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Upgrade | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 28, 2022 |
| MKM Partners | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 23, 2020 |
| TD Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 28, 2020 |
| CFRA | Hold | Hold | Maintain | May 8, 2020 |
| SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 24, 2020 |
| Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Apr 20, 2020 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 27, 2020 |
| Macquarie | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 30, 2019 |
| Cowen & Co. | Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Apr 9, 2019 |
| Drexel Hamilton | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Nov 17, 2016 |
| Scotia Howard Weil | Sector Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Aug 11, 2016 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jun 14, 2016 |
| GMP Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 3, 2016 |
| Seaport Global | Accumulate | Buy | Maintain | Jan 13, 2016 |
| KLR Group | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Apr 20, 2015 |
| ISI Group | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 10, 2014 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 15, 2014 |
| Maxim Group | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Nov 13, 2013 |
| Societe Generale | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | May 22, 2013 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Dec 20, 2012 |
| Brean Capital | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | May 2, 2012 |
| Pritchard Capital Partners | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Apr 30, 2012 |
| Ladenburg Thalmann | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Dec 8, 2011 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $54.73. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $54 | $52.75 | -1.3% | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | David Deckelbaum | $66 | $54.62 | +20.6% | Sep 9, 2026 |
| Stephens | Mike Scialla | $72 | $52.73 | +31.6% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Stephens | Mike Scialla | $71 | $49.81 | +29.7% | Jul 15, 2026 |
| UBS | Josh Silverstein | $73 | $51.22 | +33.4% | Jul 8, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Scott Hanold | $49 | $44.53 | -10.5% | Dec 3, 2024 |
| Stephens | Mike Scialla | $38 | $37.31 | -30.6% | Oct 30, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $41 | $36.94 | -25.1% | Oct 4, 2024 |
| Citigroup | Scott Gruber | $44 | $37.26 | -19.6% | Oct 3, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $43 | $33.19 | -21.4% | Sep 16, 2024 |
| Citigroup | Paul Diamond | $37 | $32.9 | -32.4% | Aug 22, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Mark Lear | $32 | $31.48 | -41.5% | Aug 15, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $42 | $31.15 | -23.3% | Aug 13, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Mark Lear | $43 | $34.38 | -21.4% | Jul 25, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Mark Lear | $47 | $35.6 | -14.1% | Jul 18, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Cameron Bean | $55 | $37.11 | +0.5% | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Lloyd Byrne | $49 | $36.98 | -10.5% | Jun 30, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Lloyd Byrne | $48 | $40.98 | -12.3% | Jun 3, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Stephen Richardson | $50 | $39.91 | -8.6% | May 24, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Phillip Jungwirth | $47 | $39.35 | -14.1% | May 13, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Mark Lear | $46 | $41.05 | -16.0% | Apr 30, 2024 |
| Wolfe Research | Josh Silverstein | $46 | $39.43 | -16.0% | Apr 24, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Mark Lear | $41 | $36.22 | -25.1% | Apr 19, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Roger Read | $37 | $36.2 | -32.4% | Apr 17, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Nitin Kumar | $40 | $36.52 | -26.9% | Apr 16, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Cameron Bean | $52 | $37.71 | -5.0% | Apr 11, 2024 |
| Bernstein | Jean Ann Salisbury | $34 | $37.95 | -37.9% | Apr 10, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Lloyd Byrne | $43 | $36.76 | -21.4% | Apr 5, 2024 |
| Stephens | Mike Scialla | $36 | $39.66 | -34.2% | Jul 13, 2023 |
| Truist Financial | Neal Dingmann | $28 | $32.65 | -48.8% | Apr 11, 2023 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $49 | $33.87 | -10.5% | Dec 29, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $40 | $36.91 | -26.9% | Dec 7, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $63 | $41.49 | +15.1% | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $46.56 | +9.6% | Sep 21, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Phillip Jungwirth | $65 | $46.56 | +18.8% | Sep 20, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $57 | $47.89 | +4.1% | Sep 9, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $53 | $47.7 | -3.2% | Aug 22, 2022 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $59 | $47.72 | +7.8% | Aug 18, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Mark Lear | $59 | $42.31 | +7.8% | Aug 2, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $52 | $45.44 | -5.0% | Jul 28, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $48 | $38.48 | -12.3% | Jul 19, 2022 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $38.7 | +0.5% | Jul 19, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $62 | $34.2 | +13.3% | Jul 11, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $50 | $46.71 | -8.6% | Jun 13, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $50 | $47.99 | -8.6% | Jun 6, 2022 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $65 | $48.32 | +18.8% | May 31, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $51 | $39.45 | -6.8% | May 3, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $41 | $40.97 | -25.1% | Apr 28, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $47 | $42.32 | -14.1% | Apr 22, 2022 |
| Cowen & Co. | David Deckelbaum | $23 | $19.74 | -58.0% | Oct 13, 2021 |
| Piper Sandler | Kashy Harrison | $27 | $20.76 | -50.7% | Oct 8, 2021 |
| Citigroup | Kevin Cunane | $23 | $18 | -58.0% | Aug 30, 2021 |
| Tudor Pickering | Sameer Panjwani | $27 | $18.28 | -50.7% | Jul 30, 2021 |
| Credit Suisse | William Janela | $26 | $18.58 | -52.5% | Jul 29, 2021 |
| TD Securities | Aaron Bilkoski | $27 | $21.04 | -50.7% | Jun 29, 2021 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neil Mehta | $22 | $17.28 | -59.8% | Apr 20, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationEQT Corporation primarily functions as an extractor of natural gas within the United States. In addition to natural gas, the firm also obtains various natural gas liquids (NGLs), specifically ethane, propane, isobutane, butane, and natural gasoline. By the end of 2021, EQT possessed certified reserves amounting to 25.0 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, NGLs, and crude oil. These reserves are situated across roughly 2.0 million gross acres, with a significant 1.7 million gross acres located within the Marcellus shale formation. The company, which dates back to its founding in 1878, has its principal offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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