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The share price is trading in a range of $3.41 - 3.51. Selway Asset Management now owns 97,113 shares of the offshore drilling services provider's stock valued at $825,000 after buying an additional 3,450 shares during the period.
A number of other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of ESV. Creative Planning raised its position in shares of Ensco Plc by 4.8% in the first quarter. HBK Investments L P now owns 4,442,384 shares of the offshore drilling services provider's stock worth $37,760,000 after buying an additional 1,838,384 shares in the last quarter. Moreover, Cubist Systematic Strategies Limited Liability Company has 0.01% invested in ENSCO PLC (NYSE:ESV) for 10,405 shares. HBK Investments L P raised its stake in Ensco Plc by 70.6% in the third quarter. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in Ensco Plc by 34.0% in the fourth quarter.
The company declined -0.52% and closed its last trading session at $7.66.
Holt Capital Advisors L.L.C. dba Holt Capital Partners L.P. maintained its position in Ensco Plc (NYSE:ESV) during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Selway Asset Management sold 79,950 shares as Ensco Intl (ESV)'s stock declined 27.69%.
ENSCO plc has a 50 day moving average of 8.20 and a 200 day moving average of 9.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.28 and a beta of 1.74.
Taking a broader look brokerage firms' analysts on the street with an expectant view have Ensco Plc (NYSE:ESV) high price target of $15 and with a conservative view have low price target of $6.
The company's expected revenue in the current quarter to be 454.69 Million, seeing a projected current quarter growth of -117.6%, and per annum growth estimates over the next 5 year period of around -45.7%. The Return on Equity (ROE) and Return on Investment values are 8.4 percent and 6.1 percent respectively.
The Average Earnings Estimate for the Current Fiscal quarter is $-0.09 per share, according to consensus of 28 analysts.
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ESV has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. The stock of ENSCO PLC (NYSE:ESV) has "Outperform" rating given on Wednesday, September 14 by Howard Weil. Jefferies Group LLC dropped their target price on shares of Ensco Plc from $12.00 to $11.50 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 1st. The share price of the stock plunged -22.89% for the year. Tudor Pickering began coverage on shares of Ensco Plc in a research report on Thursday, March 23rd.
Some buy side analysts are also providing their Analysis on Ensco plc, where 4 analysts have rated the stock as Strong buy, 8 analysts have given a Buy signal, 19 said it's a HOLD, 4 reported it as Underperform and 0 analysts rated the stock as Sell. The stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $11.30. High growth rates in EPS are more reliable in the case of "matured companies" which has experienced a complete economic cycle of expansion and contraction, through a bear market phase and a bull run.
In Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration Industry, Ensco plc (ESV) have 302.28 million outstanding shares now held by all its shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares owned by the company's officers and insiders. The Company's divisions include Floaters, Jackups and Other.
The company has been one of the biggest innovators in "Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration" employing approximately 4900 full time employees.