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NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) Reaches New 1-Year High - Here's Why

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Shares of NuVista Energy Ltd. (TSE:NVA - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as C$14.83 and last traded at C$14.61, with a volume of 709357 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$14.14.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have weighed in on NVA shares. Cormark raised NuVista Energy to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, March 7th. CIBC lowered their price objective on shares of NuVista Energy from C$19.50 to C$18.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 10th. Raymond James cut their target price on shares of NuVista Energy from C$18.00 to C$17.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. Atb Cap Markets upgraded shares of NuVista Energy from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 25th. Finally, Desjardins upgraded NuVista Energy from a "hold" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of C$17.28.

Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on NVA

NuVista Energy Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.11, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a current ratio of 0.87. The company has a market cap of C$3.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 2.57. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is C$12.74 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$12.93.

Insider Activity at NuVista Energy

In related news, Senior Officer Christopher Mark Alessandro Legrow sold 5,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$13.85, for a total transaction of C$69,250.00. Also, Senior Officer Ivan J. Condic sold 2,227 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$13.60, for a total transaction of C$30,287.20. In the last three months, insiders sold 97,009 shares of company stock worth $1,331,681. Corporate insiders own 20.25% of the company's stock.

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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