NYSE:ERF - Enerplus Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Enerplus announced a monthly dividend on Wednesday, January 22nd. Investors of record on Thursday, January 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.0077 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 29th. View Enerplus' Dividend History.

Enerplus announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Thursday, March 22nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback 17,100,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Enerplus Corp (NYSE:ERF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 8th. The oil and natural gas company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.01. The oil and natural gas company earned $256.81 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $251 million. Enerplus had a net margin of 32.90% and a return on equity of 16.47%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.35 earnings per share. View Enerplus' Earnings History.

Enerplus is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Enerplus.

7 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Enerplus' shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $21.50. On average, they expect Enerplus' stock price to reach $16.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 197.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Enerplus.

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

News stories about ERF stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Enerplus earned a media sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the oil and natural gas company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Enerplus.

Enerplus saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,490,000 shares, an increase of 7.4% from the December 15th total of 5,110,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,240,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.4 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Enerplus' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Enerplus include WPX Energy (WPX), Encana (ECA), Cimarex Energy (XEC), Murphy Oil (MUR), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Viper Energy Partners (VNOM), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Vermilion Energy (VET), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), ARC Resources (AETUF), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), EQT (EQT), Matador Resources (MTDR), DELEK GRP LTD/ADR (DGRLY) and Tellurian (TELL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Enerplus investors own include Pengrowth Energy (PGH), ConocoPhillips (COP), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Baytex Energy (BTE), Enbridge (ENB), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Boeing (BA), AT&T (T) and Valero Energy (VLO).

Enerplus' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Caymus Capital Partners L.P. (0.13%), Hexavest Inc. (0.06%), JCIC Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.01%) and Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.01%).

ERF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. and JCIC Asset Management Inc..

ERF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Caymus Capital Partners L.P., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Hexavest Inc..

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 $5.55.

Enerplus has a market capitalization of $1.23 billion and generates $997.46 million in revenue each year. The oil and natural gas company earns $291.84 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.09 on an earnings per share basis. Enerplus employs 399 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Enerplus.

The official website for Enerplus is http://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]