EnQuest (ENQ) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

EnQuest is providing creative solutions through the energy transition. EnQuest is an independent energy company. We focus on mature late-life assets, responsibly optimising production to provide energy security. Where we can, we repurpose our infrastructure to deliver renewable energy and decarbonisation projects before executing world-class decommissioning. Shares in the Company trade on the London Stock Exchange (ENQ.L).

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 17.84 to 18.80
• 50-Day Range: 16.56 to 21.50
• 52-Week Range: 9.72 to 21.60
• Volume: 5.89 million shs
• Average Volume: 11.06 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £332.76 million
• P/E Ratio: 178.80
• Dividend Yield: 3.81%
• Price Target: GBX 22.40
• Consensus Rating: Buy

EnQuest Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

EnQuest scored higher than 75% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

EnQuest has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

EnQuest has a consensus price target of GBX 22.40, representing about 25.3% upside from its current price of GBX 17.88.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

EnQuest has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of EnQuest is 178.80, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 43.85.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of EnQuest is 178.80, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 16.75.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

EnQuest has a PEG Ratio of 0.07. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

EnQuest has a P/B Ratio of 0.70. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for ENQ.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

EnQuest is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.81%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

EnQuest does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of EnQuest is 826.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.34

News Sentiment

EnQuest has a news sentiment score of 0.34. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for EnQuest this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, EnQuest insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

13.32% of the stock of EnQuest is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

37.98% of the stock of EnQuest is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil & Gas E&P
• Sub-Industry: Rubber And Plastic Products
• Current Symbol: LON:ENQ
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.enquest.com
• Phone: +44-20-79254900
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 681
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for EnQuest: GBX 22.40
• High Price Target: GBX 28
• Low Price Target: GBX 15
• Potential Upside/Downside: +25.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 0.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 178.80
• Forward P/E Ratio: 1.17
• P/E Growth: 0.07
• Net Income: £25.24 million
• Net Margins: 0.22%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 0.54%
• Return on Assets: 7.54%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 204.44
• Current Ratio: 0.72
• Quick Ratio: 0.75

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.12 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.30
• Cash Flow: GBX 16.02 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.12
• Book Value: GBX 25.60 per share
• Price / Book: 0.70

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,861,081,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £332.76 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.03