Enerplus Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Enerplus in the last twelve months. There are currently 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Enerplus stock.
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Enerplus is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 5th 2021.
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Enerplus Co. (NYSE:ERF) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 5th. The oil and natural gas company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.07. The oil and natural gas company earned $332.65 million during the quarter. Enerplus had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.29% and a negative net margin of 32.54%.
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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 232.8% and is now trading at $6.49.
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Enerplus announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 9th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 31st will be given a dividend of $0.0304 per share on Wednesday, September 15th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 30th. This is a positive change from Enerplus's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03.
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Enerplus pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.91%. Enerplus does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Enerplus is 171.43%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Enerplus will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.74% next year. This indicates that Enerplus will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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9 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Enerplus' stock. Their forecasts range from $6.50 to $13.75. On average, they anticipate Enerplus' share price to reach $10.66 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 64.2% from the stock's current price.
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22 employees have rated Enerplus CEO Ian C. Dundas on Glassdoor.com. Ian C. Dundas has an approval rating of 76% among Enerplus' employees.

Some companies that are related to Enerplus include ARC Resources (AETUF), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), EQT (EQT), Antero Resources (AR), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), PDC Energy (PDCE), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Denbury (DEN), California Resources (CRC), Murphy Oil (MUR), Viper Energy Partners (VNOM), SM Energy (SM) and CNX Resources (CNX).
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Enerplus trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ERF."

Enerplus' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (3.63%), Vanguard Group Inc. (2.92%), Boston Partners (2.19%), Intact Investment Management Inc. (2.14%), Fiera Capital Corp (1.53%) and Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. (1.39%).

ERF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Man Group plc, PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd., Cumberland Partners Ltd, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Public Sector Pension Investment Board, River & Mercantile Asset Management LLP, Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc., and Boston Partners.

ERF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fiera Capital Corp, Ninepoint Partners LP, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., American Century Companies Inc., and Scotia Capital Inc..

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One share of ERF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.49.

Enerplus has a market capitalization of $1.67 billion and generates $550.34 million in revenue each year. The oil and natural gas company earns $-689,290,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.07 on an earnings per share basis.

Enerplus employs 360 workers across the globe.

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

Enerplus is headquartered at THE DOME TOWER 3000 - 333 7TH AVENUE SW, CALGARY A0, T2P 2Z1.

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].