Liberty Energy (LBRT) Climbs 18.3% on Upbeat Outlook Despite Dismal 2025

We recently published Millionaire Makers: 10 Stocks That Paid Off Big Last Week.  Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) was one of the top performers last week.

Liberty Energy boasted an 18.28 percent gain week-on-week to hit an all-time high, thanks to an upbeat business outlook in the short-term period amid expectations of stronger power demand.

On Thursday, the stock clocked its highest price of $27.21 before profit-taking persisted on Friday to end the day down by 2.68 percent at $24.65 apiece.

Earlier in the week, Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT) CEO Ron Gusek underscored company expectations that power demand would jump by more than threefold over the next four years and that the group is “well-positioned to support growth.”

Gusek unveiled Liberty Energy Inc.’s (NYSE:LBRT) plans to deploy 3 gigawatts of power by 2029 in a bid to capture and support power demand.

The upbeat outlook overshadowed a disappointing earnings performance in 2025, with net income falling 53 percent to $147.87 million from $316 million in 2024. Revenues also dropped by 7.2 percent to $4 billion from $4.3 billion year-on-year.

In the fourth quarter alone, net income dropped by 74 percent to $13.69 million from $51.89 million, despite revenues breaking past the $1 billion level, at $1.04 billion, or 10 percent higher than the $943 million in the same period a year earlier.

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