Fulton Bank N.A. purchased a new position in shares of Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 18,192 shares of the energy company’s stock, valued at approximately $752,000.
Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of DVN. State Street Corp raised its holdings in Devon Energy by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 35,542,293 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $1,301,914,000 after buying an additional 212,074 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Devon Energy by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 19,177,835 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $700,238,000 after purchasing an additional 186,743 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Devon Energy by 17.5% in the 4th quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 13,916,979 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $509,779,000 after buying an additional 2,071,021 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in Devon Energy by 2.5% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 9,606,131 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $483,475,000 after acquiring an additional 235,561 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kimmeridge Energy Management Company LLC grew its stake in shares of Devon Energy by 56.5% during the fourth quarter. Kimmeridge Energy Management Company LLC now owns 8,850,790 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $324,204,000 after purchasing an additional 3,195,862 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 69.72% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages recently issued reports on DVN. Truist Financial upped their price target on Devon Energy from $61.00 to $65.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Zacks Research downgraded Devon Energy from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Capital One Financial reduced their target price on shares of Devon Energy from $63.00 to $61.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Mizuho lifted their price target on Devon Energy from $62.00 to $68.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Finally, UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of Devon Energy from $58.00 to $54.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have assigned a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Devon Energy presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $59.60.
Devon Energy Trading Down 1.2%
NYSE DVN opened at $44.87 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 0.72 and a quick ratio of 0.67. The company has a market cap of $27.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.66 and a beta of 0.38. Devon Energy Corporation has a 12 month low of $31.47 and a 12 month high of $52.71. The company has a 50-day moving average of $43.40 and a 200-day moving average of $45.09.
Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The energy company reported $1.57 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.40 by $0.17. Devon Energy had a net margin of 16.67% and a return on equity of 14.93%. The company had revenue of $7.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.01 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.84 EPS. Devon Energy’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts predict that Devon Energy Corporation will post 4.91 earnings per share for the current year.
Devon Energy Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. Devon Energy’s payout ratio is 30.40%.
Insider Buying and Selling at Devon Energy
In related news, SVP Andrea Alexander sold 18,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $46.74, for a total transaction of $841,320.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 138,529 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,474,845.46. This represents a 11.50% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 4.58% of the company’s stock.
About Devon Energy
Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The company focuses on the exploration, development, production and marketing of hydrocarbons, including crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and natural gas. Devon operates as an upstream energy company that acquires, evaluates and develops onshore resource plays using a combination of drilling, completion and production optimization techniques.
Core business activities include identifying and developing energy reserves, operating well programs and managing reservoir performance to generate production and cash flow.
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