Equinor ASA (EQNR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equinor ASA in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Equinor ASA's shares. Their EQNR share price forecasts range from $342.00 to $375.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $361.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1,245.3% from the stock's current price.
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Equinor ASA's stock was trading at $35.81 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, EQNR shares have decreased by 24.9% and is now trading at $26.89.
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Equinor ASA saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,000,000 shares, an increase of 8.4% from the April 15th total of 6,460,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,420,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 26th 2023.
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Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 26th. The company reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.23. The firm had revenue of $23.26 billion for the quarter. Equinor ASA had a net margin of 20.20% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 43.11%.

Equinor ASA declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 15th will be given 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 13.39%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 14th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) stock in their portfolio include Amplify International Enhanced Dividend Income ETF (IDVO), Donoghue Forlines Yield Enhanced Real Asset ETF (DFRA), Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 ETF (ICOW), FCF International Quality ETF (TTAI), Fidelity Blue Chip Value ETF (FBCV), Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF (AVIV), UPAR Ultra Risk Parity ETF (UPAR) and RPAR Risk Parity ETF (RPAR).

Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.03%. EQNR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 11.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EQNR will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.99% 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."

Equinor ASA's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Folketrygdfondet (0.00%), FMR LLC (0.28%), Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (0.28%), Wellington Management Group LLP (0.07%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.06%) and Todd Asset Management LLC (0.00%).

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One share of EQNR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.89.

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.