NYSE:UGP - Ultrapar Participacoes Stock Price, Price Target & More

Ultrapar Participacoes trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UGP."

Ultrapar Participacoes declared a semiannual dividend on Monday, February 26th. Investors of record on Monday, March 5th will be given a dividend of $0.2775 per share on Thursday, March 22nd. This represents a dividend yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 2nd. This is an increase from Ultrapar Participacoes's previous semiannual dividend of $0.27. View Ultrapar Participacoes' Dividend History.

Ultrapar Participacoes SA (NYSE:UGP) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The oil and gas company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.03. The oil and gas company earned $6.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.19 billion. Ultrapar Participacoes had a net margin of 1.57% and a return on equity of 13.70%. View Ultrapar Participacoes' Earnings History.

Ultrapar Participacoes is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Ultrapar Participacoes.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ultrapar Participacoes in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to Ultrapar Participacoes include Atmos Energy (ATO), National Fuel Gas (NFG), WGL (WGL), New Jersey Resources (NJR), ONE Gas (OGS), Spire (SR), South Jersey Industries (SJI), Northwest Natural Gas (NWN) and Just Energy Group (JE).

Press coverage about UGP stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Ultrapar Participacoes earned a news sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the oil and gas company an impact score of 46.18 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Ultrapar Participacoes' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Genesis Asset Managers LLP (0.53%), Fox Run Management L.L.C. (0.01%) and World Asset Management Inc (0.00%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ultrapar Participacoes.

UGP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including World Asset Management Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ultrapar Participacoes.

UGP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Genesis Asset Managers LLP and Fox Run Management L.L.C.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ultrapar Participacoes.

Shares of UGP 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 UGP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.20.

Ultrapar Participacoes has a market capitalization of $6.06 billion and generates $25.07 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $493.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.91 on an earnings per share basis. Ultrapar Participacoes employs 15,173 workers across the globe.

Ultrapar Participacoes' mailing address is AV. BRIGADEIRO LUIS ANTONIO 1343 9 ANDAR, SAO PAULO D5, 01317-910. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at 55-11-3177-3820 or via email at [email protected]