As noted earlier, RBC Capital downgraded EQT Corporation (EQT) to Sector Perform from Outperform. Analyst Scott Hanold expects the company's acquisition of Rice Energy (RICE) to close and predicts that EQT's stock will perform "more in-line over the next year." Target to $80 from $86.

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Piper Sandler analyst Mark Lear lowered the firm's price target on EQT Corporation to $41 from $47 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares as part of a Q1 preview for the exploration and production group. Energy has been hot, almost too hot, as $90 crude potentially cools the pace of consolidation and investors looking for ways to play the data center and power demand theme turn to gas equities, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm adjusted oil and gas price assumptions, expecting crude pricing to remain strong through Q3 and gas pricing pressure to persist through the balance of fiscal 2024.