William Sheriff Acquires 50,000 Shares of enCore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) Stock

enCore Energy Corp. (NASDAQ:EUGet Free Report) Chairman William Sheriff bought 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 15th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $0.89 per share, with a total value of $44,500.00. Following the acquisition, the chairman directly owned 1,562,169 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,390,330.41. This represents a 3.31% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

enCore Energy Trading Up 10.9%

Shares of enCore Energy stock opened at $0.97 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 6.84 and a current ratio of 8.00. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $1.18 and a 200-day moving average of $1.52. enCore Energy Corp. has a 52-week low of $0.77 and a 52-week high of $4.18. The stock has a market cap of $188.71 million, a PE ratio of -2.94 and a beta of 2.13.

enCore Energy (NASDAQ:EUGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.21) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.10) by ($0.11). The business had revenue of $15.70 million for the quarter. enCore Energy had a negative return on equity of 28.00% and a negative net margin of 112.82%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that enCore Energy Corp. will post -0.41 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On enCore Energy

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Tidal Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of enCore Energy during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $2,755,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in enCore Energy in the second quarter valued at approximately $725,000. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in enCore Energy by 90.3% in the second quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. now owns 236,373 shares of the company’s stock valued at $310,000 after acquiring an additional 112,130 shares during the last quarter. Rathbones Group PLC acquired a new position in enCore Energy during the first quarter valued at approximately $63,000. Finally, J. Derek Lewis & Associates Inc. raised its position in enCore Energy by 82.8% during the first quarter. J. Derek Lewis & Associates Inc. now owns 53,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $95,000 after purchasing an additional 24,000 shares in the last quarter. 20.86% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on EU shares. HC Wainwright dropped their price target on shares of enCore Energy from $3.75 to $3.50 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 14th. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on enCore Energy in a research report on Thursday, September 3rd. They set a “buy” rating and a $1.44 price target on the stock. Zacks Research lowered enCore Energy from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded enCore Energy from a “sell (d-)” rating to a “sell (e+)” rating in a research report on Monday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $2.90.

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About enCore Energy

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enCore Energy Corp. is a uranium exploration, development and production company focused on advancing domestic uranium resources in the United States. The company uses in-situ recovery (ISR) technology, which extracts uranium from suitable underground formations by circulating a solution through the deposit and processing the resulting uranium-bearing fluids at a recovery plant.

enCore’s portfolio includes uranium projects and production facilities in South Texas, including the Alta Mesa and Rosita projects.

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