NYSE:ERFEnerplus Stock Price, Forecast & News

Enerplus' stock was trading at $1.95 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ERF stock has increased by 61.5% and is now trading at $3.15.
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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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 7th. The oil and natural gas company reported ($0.14) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.07) by $0.07. The oil and natural gas company earned $88.06 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $106 million. Enerplus had a positive return on equity of 4.92% and a negative net margin of 93.51%.
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Enerplus declared 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 dividend yield of 2.82%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 29th.
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9 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Enerplus' stock. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $12.00. On average, they anticipate Enerplus' stock price to reach $5.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 78.6% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about ERF stock has trended positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Enerplus earned a media sentiment score of 2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the oil and natural gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.
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Enerplus saw a increase in short interest in 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 daily trading volume, of 1,480,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.1 days. Currently, 3.4% of the company's stock are sold short.
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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 shareholders include Key Group Holdings Cayman LTD. (9.39%), Encompass Capital Advisors LLC (6.37%), Point72 Asset Management L.P. (3.44%), Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. (2.33%), EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. (1.68%) and River & Mercantile Asset Management LLP (1.35%).

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

ERF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., Key Group Holdings Cayman LTD., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Man Group plc, BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp, River & Mercantile Asset Management LLP, Intact Investment Management Inc., and Bank of Montreal Can.

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 $3.15.

Enerplus has a market capitalization of $701.03 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]