Venture Global FY2025 EPS Lowered by Capital One Financial

Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE:VG) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial cut their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Venture Global in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, November 12th. Capital One Financial analyst W. Suki now expects that the company will earn $0.87 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $0.94. Capital One Financial currently has a “Equal Weight” rating and a $11.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Venture Global’s current full-year earnings is $0.52 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Venture Global’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.41 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.88 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.26 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also weighed in on VG. UBS Group raised shares of Venture Global from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $18.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday, August 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Venture Global from $15.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded Venture Global from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $17.00 target price for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Scotiabank dropped their price target on Venture Global from $13.00 to $12.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $17.50 price objective on shares of Venture Global in a report on Monday. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $15.64.

Venture Global Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:VG opened at $8.00 on Thursday. Venture Global has a fifty-two week low of $6.75 and a fifty-two week high of $25.50. The company’s 50-day moving average is $11.19 and its 200 day moving average is $12.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.46, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a current ratio of 0.83. The company has a market capitalization of $19.41 billion and a P/E ratio of 10.25.

Venture Global (NYSE:VG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by ($0.06). Venture Global had a return on equity of 29.55% and a net margin of 21.99%.The business had revenue of $3.33 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.23 billion. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 259.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Venture Global Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a half year 25 dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 19th were paid a dividend of $0.017 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 50.0%. This is a positive change from Venture Global’s previous half year 25 dividend of $0.02. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 19th. Venture Global’s payout ratio is currently 8.97%.

Insider Activity at Venture Global

In other news, insider Thomas Earl sold 840,076 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.74, for a total transaction of $11,542,644.24. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders have sold 1,500,000 shares of company stock worth $20,561,011 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 86.73% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Venture Global

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VG. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. purchased a new stake in Venture Global in the second quarter worth about $26,000. AdvisorNet Financial Inc purchased a new position in shares of Venture Global during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. MAI Capital Management bought a new position in shares of Venture Global in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its stake in shares of Venture Global by 161.2% in the 3rd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 2,949 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 1,820 shares during the period. Finally, Delos Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Venture Global in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $45,000.

Venture Global Company Profile

Venture Global has fundamentally reshaped the development and construction of liquefied natural gas production, establishing us as a rapidly growing company delivering critical LNG to the world. Our innovative and disruptive approach, which is both scalable and repeatable, allows us to bring LNG to a global market years faster and at a lower cost.