NYSE:EC - Ecopetrol Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ecopetrol trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EC."

Ecopetrol announced a dividend on Tuesday, December 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.486 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 26th. View Ecopetrol's Dividend History.

Ecopetrol SA (NYSE:EC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March, 2nd. The oil and gas company reported ($0.12) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.33. The oil and gas company had revenue of $5.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.65 billion. Ecopetrol had a net margin of 16.41% and a return on equity of 10.51%. View Ecopetrol's Earnings History.

5 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Ecopetrol's shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect Ecopetrol's share price to reach $20.58 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ecopetrol.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ecopetrol in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ecopetrol.

News stories about EC stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ecopetrol earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Ecopetrol.

Some companies that are related to Ecopetrol include Total (TOT), PETROLEO BRASIL/ADR (PBR), PETROLEO BRASIL/S (PBR.A), PetroChina (PTR), CNOOC (CEO), ENI (E), EOG Resources (EOG), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), The Hong Kong and China Gas (HOKCY), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Rwe Ag Sp (RWEOY), WOODSIDE PET LT/ADR (WOPEY), Encana (ECA) and Concho Resources (CXO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ecopetrol investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), General Electric (GE), NVIDIA (NVDA), Gladstone Land (LAND), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Micron Technology (MU), Halliburton (HAL), Valero Energy (VLO), Paypal (PYPL) and Bank of America (BAC).

Ecopetrol's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.40%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.38%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (0.16%), State Street Corp (0.09%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.05%) and Point72 Asset Management L.P. (0.05%).

EC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Acadian Asset Management LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Sei Investments Co., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Alliancebernstein L.P., Freestone Capital Holdings LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc. and Employees Retirement System of Texas.

EC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Pinebridge Investments L.P., Panagora Asset Management Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc..

Shares of EC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.41.

Ecopetrol has a market capitalization of $39.89 billion and generates $21.61 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $18.21 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.74 on an earnings per share basis. Ecopetrol employs 12,228 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ecopetrol.

The official website for Ecopetrol is http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/.

Ecopetrol's mailing address is CARRERA 13 NO. 36 - 24, BOGOTA F8, . The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at 571-234-4000 or via email at [email protected]