EQT stock rises as buyback ends and analysts stay upbeat

Published on 09/08/2026 at 16:08 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

EQT stock gained support from a finished buyback program and a MarketBeat consensus that still points to Moderate Buy on September 8, 2026.

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EQT stock (SE0012853455) was trading at SEK 315.65 on September 8, 2026, and MarketBeat still showed an average rating of Moderate Buy with a consensus price target of USD 68.10 for the US-listed EQT Corporation.MarketBeat

Buyback program finished

EQT AB said the current share repurchase program has been finalized after it bought back 4,368,899 shares for SEK 1,448,620,146.93, including 707,203 shares between August 31, 2026 and September 4, 2026.Marketscreener That gives investors a concrete capital-return milestone to weigh against the stock's latest trading level.

The most recent daily repurchase data in the same period showed 139,203 shares bought on September 4, 2026 at a weighted average price of SEK 322.4232, for SEK 44,882,276.71.Yahoo Finance The comparison is clear: the final program total of 4.37 million shares and about SEK 1.45 billion is far larger than that single-day block.

Price versus cash return

For the market, the important question is whether the finished buyback offsets the gap between the trading price of SEK 315.65 and the repurchase levels around SEK 322.42 on September 4, 2026.Yahoo Finance The stock was also quoted at -2.25 percent in the same news flow on September 8, 2026, showing how quickly the market reassessed the news.Zonebourse

What the business does

EQT remains best known as a private equity manager whose shareholder returns are now shaped by buybacks as much as by fee generation. The latest figures in this news flow make the capital-allocation story more visible than the business model itself.Marketscreener

Trading level to watch

At SEK 315.65 on September 8, 2026, EQT stock sat below the September 4 repurchase average of SEK 322.4232 and well under the total program value of SEK 1.4486 billion. That keeps the stock tied closely to how investors judge buybacks, not just earnings headlines.Yahoo FinanceMarketscreener