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. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.2775 per share on Thursday, March 22nd. This represents a yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 2nd. This is a boost from Ultrapar Participacoes's previous semiannual dividend of $0.27. View Ultrapar Participacoes' Dividend History.

Ultrapar Participacoes SA (NYSE:UGP) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The oil and gas company reported $0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.03. The oil and gas company earned $6.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.19 billion. Ultrapar Participacoes had a return on equity of 13.70% and a net margin of 1.57%. 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.

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

Media coverage about UGP stock has trended positive recently, Accern reports. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Ultrapar Participacoes earned a daily sentiment score of 0.30 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the oil and gas company an impact score of 46.13 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Ultrapar Participacoes' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (0.52%), Northern Trust Corp (0.12%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.09%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.09%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.05%) and Aperio Group LLC (0.03%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ultrapar Participacoes.

UGP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Guggenheim Capital LLC and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ultrapar Participacoes.

UGP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Banco BTG Pactual S.A., Banco de Sabadell S.A, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Trexquant Investment LP and Aperio Group LLC. 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 $11.99.

Ultrapar Participacoes has a market capitalization of $7.26 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]