Encana Corporation (ECA) Investment Increased by Public Sector Pension Investment Board

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12 August, 2017

Nantahala Capital Management Llc owns 1.77 million shares or 1.87% of their USA portfolio.

Springbok Capital Management Llc decreased Sun Cmntys Inc (NYSE:SUI) stake by 5,628 shares to 10,351 valued at $793,000 in 2016Q4. Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC acquired a new position in shares of Encana Corporation during the second quarter worth about $118,000. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its position in Encana Corporation by 337.3% in the first quarter. Finally, Steadfast Capital Management LP increased its position in Encana Corporation by 12.2% in the first quarter. Analysts giving shares a rating of 1 or 2 would be indicating a Buy. Finally, Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. After the recent moves, investors may also look to see if the stock has entered oversold or overbought territory and could be ripe for a bounce. The 50 day moving average moved up $0.30 and the 200 day average went down by -9.71%.

The stock is trading at $9.70 just above the 50 day moving average of $9.34 and which is well below the 200 day moving average of $10.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.50 billion, a PE ratio of 11.63 and a beta of 2.04. Encana Corporation has a 52 week low of $8.01 and a 52 week high of $13.85. The oil and gas company reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.03 by $0.15. Encana Corporation had a net margin of 19.09% and a return on equity of 6.25%.

Encana Corp (NYSE:ECA) has average revenue estimates of $906.12 Million, compared to low analyst estimates of $798.16 Million and high estimates of $1.02 Billion for the current quarter.

7/21/2017 - Encana Corporation was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating. Additionally Encana Corporation recently announced a dividend for shareholders to be paid on Friday the 29th of September 2017. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.015 per share.

Wall Street analysts are predicting that Encana Corp (NYSE:ECA) will report earnings per share of $0.07 in their quarterly report. Viking Global Investors Lp owns $775.64 million in Encana Corporation, which represents roughly 8.34% of the company's market cap and approximately 11.7% of the institutional ownership.

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Encana Corp had its price target raised by analysts at Raymond James Financial, Inc.to C$19.00. Scotiabank upped their price target on shares of Encana Corporation from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on shares of Encana Corp to C$16.25 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, July 24th. They now have a "buy" rating on the stock. It opened the session with a $9.91 price tag, later ranging from $9.655 to $9.95, the range at which the stock has traded at throughout the day.

Encana Corporation is an energy producer that is focused on developing its multi-basin portfolio of natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids producing plays. The Company's operations also include the marketing of natural gas, oil and NGLs.


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