NYSE:ESV - Ensco Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Ensco announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 22nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 4th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 1st. View Ensco's Dividend History.

Ensco Plc (NYSE:ESV) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 26th. The offshore drilling services provider reported ($0.32) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.27) by $0.05. The offshore drilling services provider had revenue of $417 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $420.58 million. Ensco had a negative net margin of 23.37% and a negative return on equity of 3.35%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 11.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.09) EPS. View Ensco's Earnings History.

Ensco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Ensco.

16 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Ensco's stock. Their predictions range from $5.00 to $8.00. On average, they expect Ensco's stock price to reach $6.5286 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.7%. View Analyst Ratings for Ensco.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ensco in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Ensco saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 85,974,405 shares, an increase of 6.6% from the June 15th total of 92,083,035 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 21,656,568 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days. Currently, 19.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Ensco's Current Options Chain.

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

Headlines about ESV stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Ensco earned a media sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the offshore drilling services provider an impact score of 46.45 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Ensco's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (1.88%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ensco.

ESV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC. 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 $7.23.

Ensco has a market capitalization of $3.32 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.

Ensco's mailing address is 6 CHESTERFIELD GARDENS, LONDON X0, W1J5BQ. The offshore drilling services provider can be reached via phone at 44-0-20-7659-4660 or via email at [email protected]