Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSE:CVE) Receives Average Rating of “Buy” from Brokerages

Shares of Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSE:CVEGet Free Report) (NYSE:CVE) have earned a consensus rating of “Buy” from the fifteen research firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation, twelve have assigned a buy recommendation and two have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is C$43.73.

Several research firms have commented on CVE. Gerdes Energy Research raised Cenovus Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the company from C$42.00 to C$46.00 in a research report on Monday, June 29th. Raymond James Financial upped their target price on Cenovus Energy from C$41.00 to C$46.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Scotiabank increased their target price on Cenovus Energy from C$49.00 to C$51.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Desjardins set a C$50.00 target price on Cenovus Energy and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 17th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on Cenovus Energy from C$47.00 to C$51.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Alex Pourbaix sold 432,731 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$42.05, for a total transaction of C$18,196,338.55. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 1,455,996 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately C$61,224,631.80. The trade was a 22.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Also, insider Jonathan Michael Mckenzie sold 104,974 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$43.49, for a total transaction of C$4,565,319.26. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 843,824 shares of the company’s stock, valued at C$36,697,905.76. This trade represents a 11.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 637,278 shares of company stock worth $26,776,082. Corporate insiders own 32.03% of the company’s stock.

Cenovus Energy Price Performance

CVE opened at C$45.22 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 1.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 34.01. Cenovus Energy has a 52-week low of C$20.47 and a 52-week high of C$45.28. The company has a 50 day moving average of C$38.82 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$36.35. The company has a market cap of C$83.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.56, a P/E/G ratio of 0.09 and a beta of 0.16.

Cenovus Energy (TSE:CVEGet Free Report) (NYSE:CVE) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported C$1.53 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of C$17.43 billion for the quarter. Cenovus Energy had a net margin of 12.37% and a return on equity of 21.02%. On average, analysts expect that Cenovus Energy will post 2.2619279 earnings per share for the current year.

Cenovus Energy Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th were paid a dividend of $0.22 per share. This is an increase from Cenovus Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. Cenovus Energy’s payout ratio is 22.78%.

About Cenovus Energy

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Cenovus Energy is an integrated oil company, focused on creating value through the development of its oil sands assets. The company also engages in production of conventional crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas in Alberta, Canada, with refining operations in the U.S. Net upstream production averaged 472 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2020, and the company estimates that it holds 6.7 billion boe of proven and probable reserves.

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