NYSE:ESV - Ensco Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Ensco trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ESV."

Ensco declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, December 14th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 30th. View Ensco's Dividend History.

Ensco Plc (NYSE:ESV) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 29th. The offshore drilling services provider reported ($0.33) EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.35) by $0.02. The offshore drilling services provider earned $431 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $424.66 million. Ensco had a negative return on equity of 5.98% and a negative net margin of 36.53%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.05) earnings per share. View Ensco's Earnings History.

Ensco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Ensco.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Ensco's stock. Their predictions range from $3.60 to $14.00. On average, they expect Ensco's stock price to reach $7.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 68.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ensco.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ensco in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ensco.

Media headlines about ESV stock have trended neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Ensco earned a media sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the offshore drilling services provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Ensco saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 84,455,256 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the December 14th total of 80,379,046 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 18,642,712 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.5 days. Approximately 19.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Ensco's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Ensco include Helmerich & Payne (HP), Transocean (RIG), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Ocean Rig UDW (ORIG), Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO), Rowan Companies (RDC), Baytex Energy (BTE), Nabors Industries (NBR), Noble (NE), Precision Drilling (PDS), Oasis Midstream Partners (OMP), Independence Contract Drilling (ICD), Pioneer Energy Services (PES), Seadrill Partners (SDLP) and Key Energy Services (KEG).

Ensco's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dorsey Wright & Associates (0.12%), Sippican Capital Advisors (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%) and Fruth Investment Management (0.00%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ensco.

ESV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sippican Capital Advisors and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ensco.

ESV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dorsey Wright & Associates, Cerebellum GP LLC and Fruth Investment Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ensco.

Shares of ESV 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ESV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $4.45.

Ensco has a market capitalization of $1.96 billion and generates $1.84 billion in revenue each year. The offshore drilling services provider earns $-303,700,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.52) on an earnings per share basis. Ensco employs 5,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Ensco is http://www.enscoplc.com.

Ensco's mailing address is 6 CHESTERFIELD GARDENS, LONDON X0, W1J5BQ. The offshore drilling services provider can be reached via phone at 44-20-7659-4660 or via email at [email protected]