NYSE:ERFEnerplus Stock Price, Forecast & News

Enerplus' stock was trading at $1.95 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ERF stock has increased by 57.9% and is now trading at $3.08.
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9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Enerplus in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Enerplus is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 13th 2020.
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Enerplus Corp (NYSE:ERF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 7th. The oil and natural gas company reported ($0.14) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.07) by $0.07. The oil and natural gas company had revenue of $88.06 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $106 million. Enerplus had a negative net margin of 93.51% and a positive return on equity of 4.92%.
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Enerplus announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, July 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, July 30th will be given a dividend of $0.0074 per share on Friday, August 14th. This represents a $0.09 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.88%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 29th.
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9 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Enerplus' stock. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $12.00. On average, they expect Enerplus' stock price to reach $5.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 82.6% from the stock's current price.
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News coverage about ERF stock has been trending negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Enerplus earned a news sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the oil and natural gas company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.
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Enerplus saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,520,000 shares, an increase of 29.9% from the January 31st total of 5,790,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,480,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.1 days. Currently, 3.4% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Enerplus investors own include Chesapeake Energy (CHKAQ), Chesapeake Energy (CHKAQ), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Pennsylvania R.E.I.T. (PEI), Cannabics Pharmaceuticals (CNBX), Matinas BioPharma (MTNB), OrganiGram (OGI), Golar LNG Partners (GMLP), DHT (DHT) and KushCo (KSHB).

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

Enerplus' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. (2.33%), EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. (1.68%), BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp (0.96%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.93%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.47%) and TD Asset Management Inc. (0.44%).

ERF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Caymus Capital Partners L.P., Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, EdgePoint Investment Group Inc., Albert D Mason Inc., Guardian Capital Advisors LP, and K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc.

ERF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp, Intact Investment Management Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, CIBC Asset Management Inc, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Scotia Capital Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, and CoreCommodity Management LLC.

Shares of ERF 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 ERF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.08.

Enerplus has a market capitalization of $685.45 million and generates $945.62 million in revenue each year. The oil and natural gas company earns $-195,730,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.79 on an earnings per share basis. Enerplus employs 399 workers across the globe.

The official website for Enerplus is www.enerplus.com.

Enerplus' mailing address is THE DOME TOWER 3000 - 333 7TH AVENUE SW, CALGARY A0, T2P 2Z1. The oil and natural gas company can be reached via phone at 403-298-2200 or via email at [email protected]