Enerplus - ERF Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Enerplus in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" ERF shares.
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6 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Enerplus' shares. Their ERF share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $24.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 81.1% from the stock's current price.
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Enerplus' stock was trading at $17.65 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ERF shares have decreased by 22.5% and is now trading at $13.67.
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Enerplus saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,870,000 shares, an increase of 6.6% from the February 13th total of 3,630,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,100,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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Enerplus Co. (NYSE:ERF) issued its earnings results on Friday, November, 8th. The oil and natural gas company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.01. The oil and natural gas company earned $256.81 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $251 million. Enerplus had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 85.10% and a net margin of 37.93%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.35 EPS.

Enerplus announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.111 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.25%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 3rd. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.06.
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iShares International Small Cap Equity Factor ETF holds 80,549 shares of ERF stock, representing 0.24% of its portfolio.

Enerplus (NYSE:ERF) pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.70%. 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 5.74%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ERF will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.91% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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22 employees have rated Enerplus Chief Executive Officer Ian C. Dundas on Glassdoor.com. Ian C. Dundas has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Enerplus investors own include Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), CNBX Pharmaceuticals (CNBX), Organigram (OGI), Golar LNG Partners (GMLP), KushCo (KSHB), Matinas BioPharma (MTNB), ADMA Biologics (ADMA), DHT (DHT) and Bionano Genomics (BNGO).

Enerplus trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ERF."

Enerplus' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include KGH Ltd (4.06%), Encompass Capital Advisors LLC (2.33%), Boston Partners (1.62%), Advisory Research Inc. (1.61%), SIR Capital Management L.P. (1.26%) and Millennium Management LLC (1.09%).

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One share of ERF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.67.

Enerplus (NYSE:ERF) has a market capitalization of $2.97 billion and generates $2.16 billion in revenue each year. The oil and natural gas company earns $914.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.83 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 435 workers across the globe.

Enerplus' mailing address is THE DOME TOWER 3000 - 333 7TH AVENUE SW, CALGARY A0, T2P 2Z1. The official website for the company is www.enerplus.com. The oil and natural gas company can be reached via phone at (403) 298-2200, via email at investorrelations@enerplus.com, or via fax at 403-298-2211.