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Insider Selling: NuVista Energy Ltd. (TSE:NVA) Senior Officer Sells 4,127 Shares of Stock

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NuVista Energy Ltd. (TSE:NVA - Get Free Report) Senior Officer Michael Lawford sold 4,127 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$14.08, for a total value of C$58,108.16.

Michael Lawford also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Wednesday, May 21st, Michael Lawford sold 6,845 shares of NuVista Energy stock. The shares were sold at an average price of C$13.66, for a total value of C$93,502.70.
  • On Friday, April 4th, Michael Lawford sold 21,000 shares of NuVista Energy stock. The stock was sold at an average price of C$13.47, for a total value of C$282,870.00.

NuVista Energy Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of NVA traded down C$0.12 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching C$13.90. The company had a trading volume of 646,317 shares, compared to its average volume of 845,804. The company has a current ratio of 0.87, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.11. The stock has a market cap of C$2.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 2.57. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of C$12.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$12.90. NuVista Energy Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of C$10.34 and a fifty-two week high of C$14.86.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on NVA shares. Desjardins upgraded NuVista Energy from a "hold" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Atb Cap Markets upgraded NuVista Energy from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 25th. CIBC decreased their price objective on NuVista Energy from C$19.50 to C$18.00 in a report on Thursday, April 10th. Raymond James cut their target price on NuVista Energy from C$18.00 to C$17.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. Finally, Cormark raised NuVista Energy to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday, March 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NuVista Energy presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of C$17.28.

Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on NVA

About NuVista Energy

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NuVista Energy Ltd engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Products sold include natural gas, condensate & oil, butane, propane, and ethane, with condensate composing nearly half of all sales. Condensate finds significant use in the heavy oil business when applied to heavy oil bitumen.

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