Ecopetrol - EC Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecopetrol in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" EC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Ecopetrol's shares. Their EC share price forecasts range from $14.70 to $16.50. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $15.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.4% from the stock's current price.
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Ecopetrol's stock was trading at $12.89 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, EC stock has decreased by 16.2% and is now trading at $10.80.
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Ecopetrol saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,980,000 shares, a drop of 12.8% from the July 15th total of 8,000,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,670,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE:EC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March, 2nd. The oil and gas company reported ($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.33. The oil and gas company had revenue of $5.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.65 billion. Ecopetrol had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 51.84% and a net margin of 17.84%.

Ecopetrol announced a Variable dividend on Friday, June 17th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 29th will be given a dividend of $0.797 per share on Friday, July 8th. This represents a yield of 19.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 28th.
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Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 13.54%. EC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 99.32%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, EC will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ecopetrol trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EC."

Ecopetrol's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Candriam S.C.A. (0.04%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.01%), Inspire Investing LLC (0.00%), Henry James International Management Inc. (0.00%), Donoghue Forlines LLC (0.00%) and Ritholtz Wealth Management (0.00%).

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One share of EC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.80.

Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has a market capitalization of $22.20 billion and generates $119.45 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $20.34 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.47 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 18,378 workers across the globe.

Ecopetrol was founded in 1948.

Ecopetrol's mailing address is CARRERA 13 NO. 36 - 24, BOGOTA F8, . The official website for the company is www.ecopetrol.com.co. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at (571) 234-4000, via email at investors@ecopetrol.com, or via fax at 571-234-4099.