FY2026 EPS Estimates for Venture Global Increased by Analyst

Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE:VG) – Equities research analysts at Scotiabank raised their FY2026 EPS estimates for Venture Global in a research note issued on Thursday, May 14th. Scotiabank analyst B. Bingham now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.41 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $1.32. Scotiabank has a “Sector Perform” rating and a $15.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Venture Global’s current full-year earnings is $1.32 per share.

Venture Global (NYSE:VG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 11th. The company reported $0.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.07. Venture Global had a net margin of 16.94% and a return on equity of 26.90%. The business had revenue of $4.60 billion for the quarter. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 58.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on VG. Citigroup raised shares of Venture Global from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $12.00 to $17.00 in a report on Wednesday. Mizuho lifted their price target on shares of Venture Global from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Venture Global from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, March 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of Venture Global from $10.00 to $14.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 25th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Venture Global from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $16.27.

Venture Global Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:VG opened at $13.01 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.40, a current ratio of 0.87 and a quick ratio of 0.87. Venture Global has a 1-year low of $5.72 and a 1-year high of $19.50. The company has a market capitalization of $31.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.45, a P/E/G ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 0.44. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $13.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $9.98.

Venture Global Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 16th were given a dividend of $0.018 per share. This represents a $0.07 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. This is a positive change from Venture Global’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.02. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 16th. Venture Global’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 7.78%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Jonathan W. Thayer sold 2,611,111 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.08, for a total transaction of $41,986,664.88. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Thomas Earl sold 1,000,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.83, for a total transaction of $11,830,000.00. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 6,094,446 shares of company stock worth $84,601,768. 84.24% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Venture Global

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Venture Global by 147.4% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,862,372 shares of the company’s stock valued at $324,417,000 after purchasing an additional 13,620,863 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of Venture Global by 82.7% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,812,233 shares of the company’s stock valued at $73,739,000 after purchasing an additional 4,893,707 shares during the period. UBS Group AG boosted its stake in shares of Venture Global by 520.8% during the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 6,279,598 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,827,000 after purchasing an additional 5,268,053 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Venture Global by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,101,668 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,811,000 after purchasing an additional 273,331 shares during the period. Finally, Cohen & Steers Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Venture Global by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. Cohen & Steers Inc. now owns 4,963,166 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,849,000 after purchasing an additional 219,505 shares during the period.

Venture Global Company Profile

Venture Global (NYSE: VG) is a Houston-based energy company that develops, constructs and operates large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in the United States. The company focuses on converting domestically produced natural gas into LNG for shipment to international markets, positioning itself as a supplier of pipeline-quality gas in vessel-ready form for global customers.

Venture Global’s core activities include site development, engineering and construction of liquefaction and export terminals, commissioning and ongoing operations of those facilities, and commercial marketing of LNG under both long-term and short-term contracts.