Active Stock Momentum: Encana Corporation (ECA)

Encana Corporation (NYSE:ECA)'s short interest is 9.83 million shares, or 1.12% of the float. The shares were bought at an average cost of $11.16 per share, for a total transaction of $111,600.00. Financial Counselors Inc.'s holdings in Encana were worth $2,403,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Analysts study insider data to get a sense of sense of what key shareholders think about the outlook for a particular stock. Castleark Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Encana by 15.5% in the fourth quarter. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd acquired a new position in Encana during the 2nd quarter worth about $280,000. The stock is now has its Return on Assets (ROA) value of 1.4 Percent. The stock increased 20.94% or $0.0379 during the last trading session, reaching $0.2189. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its holdings in Encana by 58.4% in the fourth quarter. Its beta value stands at 2.12. Short interest, which represents the number of a stock's shares now being shorted, captures what the market as a whole feels about a stock.

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in ECA. Commerce Bank bought a new stake in Encana during the third quarter worth approximately $118,000. The stock traded within a range of $10.88 and $11.20. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The stock was purchased at an average price of $10.62 per share, with a total value of $53,100.00. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have acquired 20,000 shares of company stock worth $219,410 over the last three months. Altacorp maintained Encana Corporation (NYSE:ECA) rating on Sunday, July 23. Jvl Advisors Llc who had been investing in Encana Corp for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $10.74 billion market cap company.

On the other hand Encana Corp (NYSE:ECA) has Relative Strength Index (RSI 14) of 43.02 along with Average True Range (ATR 14) of 0.49. Earnings surprises can have a huge impact on a company's stock price.

Encana announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, February 15th that allows the company to repurchase $400.00 million in shares. On Tuesday, January 16 the stock rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets with "Buy". Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

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The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 29th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.015 per share. Also, Director Suzanne P. Nimocks acquired 5,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 21st. This represents a $0.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.43%. Encana's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 5.94%. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on shares of Encana from $15.00 to $16.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 16th.

GMP Securities reissued their buy rating on shares of Encana (NYSE:ECA) (TSE:ECA) in a report released on Friday morning.

Looking at the Analyst Recommendations of the stock, 9 Analysts issued a Buy for MoSys, 17 gave Outperform, 2 analysts gave Hold Rating, 0 issued Underperform and 0 marked the stock as Sell. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. The most optimistic analyst sees the stock reaching $22 while the most conventional has $11.02 target price.

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