NuStar Energy Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:NS)

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NuStar Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" NS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for NuStar Energy's stock. Their NS share price targets range from $16.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $18.14 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.3%.
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NuStar Energy's stock was trading at $16.00 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, NS shares have increased by 19.8% and is now trading at $19.16.
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NuStar Energy saw a decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,810,000 shares, a decrease of 17.1% from the October 15th total of 3,390,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 813,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 7th 2024.
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NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE:NS) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 2nd. The pipeline company reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.02. The pipeline company had revenue of $410.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $389.58 million. NuStar Energy had a net margin of 18.29% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 131.79%.

NuStar Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, November 14th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.35%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 6th.
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NuStar Energy (NYSE:NS) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.34%. NS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 307.70%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, NS will have a dividend payout ratio of 141.59% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of NuStar Energy (NYSE:NS) stock in their portfolio include InfraCap MLP ETF (AMZA), Global X MLP ETF (MLPA), Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP), ASYMmetric Smart Alpha S&P 500 ETF (ZSPY), Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund (MDIV), VanEck Energy Income ETF (EINC), Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF (ENFR) and Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund (TPYP).

30 employees have rated NuStar Energy Chief Executive Officer Brad Barron on Glassdoor.com. Brad Barron has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Brad Barron in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other NuStar Energy investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), Kinder Morgan (KMI), AT&T (T), Sunoco (SUN), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), NavSight (NSH), Ford Motor (F), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Annaly Capital Management (NLY) and Enbridge (ENB).

NuStar Energy's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Invesco Ltd. (16.34%), Alps Advisors Inc. (15.78%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (4.53%), Blackstone Inc. (1.84%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.71%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.52%). Insiders that own company stock include Daniel S Oliver and William E Greehey.
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Shares of NS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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