PDC Energy Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:PDCE)

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PDC Energy in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" PDCE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in PDCE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for PDC Energy's shares. Their PDCE share price targets range from $74.00 to $93.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $80.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.3% from the stock's current price.
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PDC Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 22nd. The energy producer reported $3.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.05 by $0.17. The energy producer had revenue of $879.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $892.11 million. PDC Energy had a net margin of 43.85% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.47%. PDC Energy's revenue for the quarter was down 41.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.86 EPS.

PDC Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, June 22nd. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.17%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 7th.
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PDC Energy (NASDAQ:PDCE) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.17%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 8.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PDCE will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of PDC Energy (NASDAQ:PDCE) stock in their portfolio include IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF (MNA), AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF (ARB), LeaderShares AlphaFactor Tactical Focused ETF (LSAT), AltShares Event-Driven ET (EVNT), ProShares Merger ETF (MRGR), AXS Astoria Inflation Sensitive ETF (PPI), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth ETF (RFG) and Invesco Energy Exploration & Production ETF (PXE).

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PDC Energy's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Walleye Trading LLC (0.00%) and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony J Crisafio, Barton R Brookman Jr, Barton R Brookman, Jr, David C Parke, David Lillo, Lance Lauck, Lynn A Peterson, Nicole L Martinet, Pamela R Butcher, Paul Korus, R Scott Meyers, Randy S Nickerson and Troy M Welling.
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