Oceanagold Corp. (NYSE:OGC) Stock Now Rated “Buy” by Wall Street Brokerages

Shares of Oceanagold Corp. (NYSE:OGC – Get Free Report) have received an average recommendation of “Buy” from the five brokerages that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have assigned a buy recommendation and two have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company.

OGC has been the subject of a number of research reports. Zacks Research cut shares of Oceanagold from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, November 2nd. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Oceanagold in a research report on Friday, October 16th. Wall Street Zen cut Oceanagold from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, October 17th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Oceanagold in a research report on Friday, September 4th.

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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Oceanagold

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Accordant Advisory Group Inc increased its stake in Oceanagold by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Accordant Advisory Group Inc now owns 113,518 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,125,000 after purchasing an additional 1,655 shares in the last quarter. Nykredit A S acquired a new stake in Oceanagold during the 2nd quarter worth about $125,000. Vontobel Holding Ltd. acquired a new stake in Oceanagold during the 3rd quarter worth about $311,000. State of Wyoming lifted its stake in Oceanagold by 240.5% during the third quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 16,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $450,000 after buying an additional 11,442 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Engineers Gate Manager LP purchased a new stake in Oceanagold during the second quarter valued at about $337,000.

Oceanagold Price Performance

Shares of OGC opened at $29.16 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $27.45. The firm has a market cap of $6.43 billion and a PE ratio of 14.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 1.63 and a quick ratio of 1.24. Oceanagold has a 12-month low of $20.18 and a 12-month high of $43.33.

Oceanagold (NYSE:OGC – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.05. Oceanagold had a net margin of 36.58% and a return on equity of 39.80%. The business had revenue of $654.90 million for the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Oceanagold will post 4.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oceanagold Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.09 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 18th. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Oceanagold’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 18.09%.

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