PDC Energy - PDCE Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PDC Energy in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" PDCE shares.
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7 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for PDC Energy's shares. Their PDCE share price forecasts range from $68.00 to $105.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $83.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.7% from the stock's current price.
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PDC Energy's stock was trading at $63.48 at the start of the year. Since then, PDCE stock has decreased by 5.3% and is now trading at $60.10.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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PDC Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCE) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 22nd. The energy producer reported $3.22 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.05 by $0.17. The energy producer earned $879.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $892.11 million. PDC Energy had a net margin of 46.24% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 42.84%. PDC Energy's revenue was down 41.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.86 EPS.

PDC Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, March 16th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.66%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 1st.
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PDC Energy (NASDAQ:PDCE) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.69%. 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 8.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PDCE will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.27% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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PDC Energy trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PDCE."

PDC Energy's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.05%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.71%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.54%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.44%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.34%) and Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.22%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony J Crisafio, Barton R Brookman Jr, Barton R Brookman, Jr, David C Parke, David Lillo, Jeffrey C Swoveland, Lance Lauck, Lynn A Peterson, Nicole L Martinet, Pamela R Butcher, Paul Korus, R Scott Meyers and Randy S Nickerson.
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Shares of PDCE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PDCE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.10.

PDC Energy (NASDAQ:PDCE) has a market capitalization of $5.31 billion and generates $3.85 billion in revenue each year. The energy producer earns $1.78 billion in net income (profit) each year or $18.50 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 535 workers across the globe.

PDC Energy's mailing address is 1775 SHERMAN STREET SUITE 3000, DENVER CO, 80203. The official website for the company is www.pdce.com. The energy producer can be reached via phone at (303) 860-5800, via email at kyle.sourk@pdce.com, or via fax at 303-831-3988.