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 paid 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 29th. The offshore drilling services provider reported ($0.33) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.35) by $0.02. The offshore drilling services provider earned $431 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $424.66 million. Ensco had a negative return on equity of 5.98% and a negative net margin of 36.53%. The company's revenue was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business 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 1 year price objectives for Ensco's shares. Their forecasts range from $3.60 to $14.00. On average, they expect Ensco's share price to reach $7.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 69.7% 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 coverage about ESV stock has trended very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ensco earned a news sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the offshore drilling services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Ensco saw a increase in short interest during 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 daily trading volume, of 18,642,712 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.5 days. Approximately 19.5% of the company's stock 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), Nabors Industries (NBR), Baytex Energy (BTE), 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dorsey Wright & Associates (0.12%), Sippican Capital Advisors (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%), Investors Asset Management of Georgia Inc. GA ADV (0.00%) 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, Fruth Investment Management and Investors Asset Management of Georgia Inc. GA ADV. 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 $4.42.

Ensco has a market capitalization of $1.93 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]