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 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Enerplus' stock. Their ERF share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $33.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $24.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 50.7% 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 stock has decreased by 7.0% and is now trading at $16.42.
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Enerplus saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,060,000 shares, a decline of 7.7% from the December 31st total of 5,480,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days. Currently, 2.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 23rd 2023.
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Enerplus will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 24th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 888-390-0541 with passcode "151534 #".

Enerplus Co. (NYSE:ERF) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November, 8th. The oil and natural gas company reported $0.21 earnings per share 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 analysts' expectations of $251 million. Enerplus had a net margin of 34.14% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 88.11%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.35 earnings per share.

Enerplus announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.055 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $0.22 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 29th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.05.
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Enerplus (NYSE:ERF) pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.32%. 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 7.48%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ERF will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.06% 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 shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.90%), National Bank of Canada FI (0.27%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.16%), NewGen Asset Management Ltd (0.14%), Grace & White Inc. NY (0.07%) and Navellier & Associates Inc. (0.03%).

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One share of ERF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.42.

Enerplus (NYSE:ERF) has a market capitalization of $3.57 billion and generates $963.90 million in revenue each year. The oil and natural gas company earns $234.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.94 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.