AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Liberty Energy (LBRT)

Liberty Energy posts $39 million Q3 net loss as revenue rises 26% from a year earlier

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 earnings

Liberty Energy reported third quarter 2026 revenue of $1.2 billion, up 26% from a year earlier, but swung to a net loss of $39 million, or $(0.24) per diluted share, compared with net income of $43 million in the second quarter. Adjusted EBITDA of $142 million rose 11% year over year but fell 6% from the prior quarter, and the company raised its quarterly dividend 11% to $0.10 per share.

Key points

  • Revenue was $1.2 billion, up 26% from $0.9 billion in Q3 2025 and up 1% from Q2 2026.
  • Net loss of $39 million, or $(0.24) per diluted share, versus net income of $43 million in Q2 2026; the quarter included a $62.9 million loss on investments, net.
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $142 million, up 11% from Q3 2025 and down 6% from $151 million in Q2 2026.
  • Quarterly dividend raised 11% to $0.10 per share, payable December 18, 2026; Liberty Power Innovations signed a development agreement with a frontier AI lab for 1.2 GW of power services.

The filing

CompanyLiberty Energy (LBRT)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 21, 2026, 5:30 PM ET
Accession number0001694028-26-000055

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 7, 2026, 11:17 PM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only.

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