Renaissance Technologies LLC Purchases 83,600 Shares of Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE:EXK)

Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its holdings in Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE:EXK - Free Report) TSE: EDR by 82.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 185,100 shares of the mining company's stock after buying an additional 83,600 shares during the period. Renaissance Technologies LLC owned about 0.07% of Endeavour Silver worth $677,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Barclays PLC grew its stake in Endeavour Silver by 1,730,033.3% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 51,904 shares of the mining company's stock worth $205,000 after buying an additional 51,901 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Endeavour Silver by 28.3% during the fourth quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 157,201 shares of the mining company's stock worth $575,000 after acquiring an additional 34,700 shares during the last quarter. Sprott Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Endeavour Silver by 23.1% during the fourth quarter. Sprott Inc. now owns 1,586,302 shares of the mining company's stock valued at $5,809,000 after acquiring an additional 298,091 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Endeavour Silver by 268.9% during the fourth quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 2,657,573 shares of the mining company's stock worth $9,728,000 after buying an additional 1,937,150 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Endeavour Silver by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 282,520 shares of the mining company's stock valued at $1,034,000 after buying an additional 2,661 shares during the last quarter. 20.06% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on EXK shares. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Endeavour Silver to a "sell" rating in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Raymond James began coverage on Endeavour Silver in a research report on Friday, March 21st. They set an "outperform" rating for the company. HC Wainwright reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $7.25 target price on shares of Endeavour Silver in a report on Thursday, April 10th. Alliance Global Partners reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Endeavour Silver in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, TD Securities raised Endeavour Silver to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, March 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $6.63.

Endeavour Silver Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of EXK opened at $3.43 on Friday. Endeavour Silver Corp. has a 12-month low of $2.46 and a 12-month high of $5.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $943.97 million, a P/E ratio of -26.38 and a beta of 1.47. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $3.97 and a 200 day moving average price of $4.10. The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

Endeavour Silver (NYSE:EXK - Get Free Report) TSE: EDR last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The mining company reported $0.02 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.01) by $0.03. Endeavour Silver had a positive return on equity of 0.97% and a negative net margin of 13.04%. The firm had revenue of $42.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $69.90 million. Sell-side analysts forecast that Endeavour Silver Corp. will post -0.07 EPS for the current year.

Endeavour Silver Company Profile

Endeavour Silver Corp., a silver mining company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, extraction, processing, refining, and reclamation of mineral properties in Chile and the United States. It explores for gold and silver deposits, and precious metals. The company was formerly known as Endeavour Gold Corp.

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