Equinor ASA (EQNR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equinor ASA in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" EQNR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EQNR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Equinor ASA's stock was trading at $35.81 at the start of the year. Since then, EQNR stock has decreased by 8.4% and is now trading at $32.79.
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Equinor ASA saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,720,000 shares, an increase of 26.3% from the August 31st total of 5,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 27th 2023.
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Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $22.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $43.43 billion. Equinor ASA had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 35.90% and a net margin of 18.50%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.56 EPS.

Equinor ASA announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.90 per share on Friday, August 25th. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.98%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20.
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Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.51%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 15.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EQNR will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.54% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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131 employees have rated Equinor ASA Chief Executive Officer Eldar Sætre on Glassdoor.com. Eldar Sætre has an approval rating of 70% among the company's employees.

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Equinor ASA trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EQNR."

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One share of EQNR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.79.

Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) has a market capitalization of $102.37 billion and generates $150.81 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $28.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.67 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 21,936 workers across the globe.

Equinor ASA's mailing address is FORUSBEEN 50, STAVANGER Q8, N 4035. The official website for the company is www.equinor.com. The company can be reached via phone at (475) 199-0000, via email at irpost@statoil.com, or via fax at 011-47-5199-0050.