Ruggaard & Associates LLC bought a new stake in shares of Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU – Free Report) (TSE:SU) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 13,235 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock, valued at approximately $710,000.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Suncor Energy by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 55,720,921 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $2,473,173,000 after purchasing an additional 1,166,405 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its position in shares of Suncor Energy by 121.4% in the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 26,085,360 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $1,724,954,000 after acquiring an additional 14,304,131 shares during the period. FIL Ltd grew its stake in Suncor Energy by 14.0% in the fourth quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 21,050,387 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $934,312,000 after acquiring an additional 2,592,516 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Suncor Energy by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 19,371,704 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $860,933,000 after buying an additional 516,783 shares during the period. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its position in Suncor Energy by 8.3% during the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 16,820,924 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $746,176,000 after acquiring an additional 1,289,959 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 67.37% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several analysts recently issued reports on SU shares. Weiss Ratings upgraded Suncor Energy from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Morgan Stanley set a $106.00 price target on Suncor Energy in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Desjardins upgraded shares of Suncor Energy to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Suncor Energy from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Suncor Energy from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $80.25.
Suncor Energy Stock Performance
Shares of SU opened at $66.43 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 1.65 and a quick ratio of 1.08. The firm has a market cap of $78.44 billion, a PE ratio of 12.23, a PEG ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 0.30. Suncor Energy Inc. has a 1 year low of $37.76 and a 1 year high of $70.29. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $61.73 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $62.03.
Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU – Get Free Report) (TSE:SU) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The oil and gas producer reported $2.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.14 by $0.19. The company had revenue of $13.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.68 billion. Suncor Energy had a return on equity of 20.05% and a net margin of 15.62%.During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.71 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Suncor Energy Inc. will post 7.39 EPS for the current year.
Suncor Energy Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 25th. Investors of record on Friday, September 4th will be issued a dividend of $0.60 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 4th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.6%. Suncor Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 32.04%.
Suncor Energy Profile
Suncor Energy Inc is a Canadian integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. The company’s operations span the full oil and gas value chain, with principal activities in oil sands development and production, conventional exploration and production, refining, distribution and retail marketing of petroleum products. Suncor supplies crude, synthetic crude and refined fuels as well as related products and services to commercial and consumer markets.
Upstream, Suncor is a major developer and operator of oil sands projects in Alberta, using both mining and in situ technologies to produce bitumen and synthetic crude.
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