NYSE:ERF - Enerplus 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 shares have decreased by 11.8% and is now trading at $1.72. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Enerplus in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Enerplus.

Enerplus is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 8th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Enerplus.

Enerplus Corp (NYSE:ERF) posted its earnings results on Friday, February, 21st. The oil and natural gas company reported $0.11 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.08. The oil and natural gas company had revenue of $247.76 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $241 million. Enerplus had a positive return on equity of 14.04% and a negative net margin of 20.58%. View Enerplus' earnings history.

Enerplus declared a monthly dividend on Monday, March 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.0069 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.81%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 30th. View Enerplus' dividend history.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Enerplus' shares. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $18.00. On average, they expect Enerplus' stock price to reach $13.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 655.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Enerplus.

Media stories about ERF stock have been trending very negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Enerplus earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage 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 effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutEnerplus.

Enerplus saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 7,631,500 shares, an increase of 10.9% from the February 27th total of 6,880,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,800,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 3.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Enerplus' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Enerplus include Sasol (SSL), WPX Energy (WPX), Viper Energy Partners (VNOM), ARC Resources (AETUF), CNX Resources (CNX), Comstock Resources (CRK), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Murphy Oil (MUR), Ovintiv (OVV), PDC Energy (PDCE), GENEL ENERGY PL/ADR (GEGYY), Range Resources (RRC) and Hess Midstream Partners (HESM).

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

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

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One share of ERF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.72.

Enerplus has a market capitalization of $382.42 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. 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]