Why Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) Should Be On Your Watchlist

During the last session, Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE:DVN)’s traded shares were 7.69 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 2.21. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $52.54, reflecting an intraday loss of -0.44% or -$0.23. The 52-week high for the DVN share is $54.33, that puts it down -3.41 from that peak though still a striking 23.33% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $40.28. The company’s market capitalization is $33.36B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 6.84 million shares, and the average trade volume was 8.20 million shares over the past three months.

Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE:DVN) trade information

Devon Energy Corp. (DVN) registered a -0.44% downside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -0.44% in intraday trading to $52.54, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 6.23%, and it has moved by 17.09% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 1.94%. The short interest in Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE:DVN) is 16.56 million shares and it means that shorts have 1.91 day(s) to cover.

Devon Energy Corp. (DVN) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that Devon Energy Corp. has underperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Devon Energy Corp. (DVN) shares have gone up 16.88% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate less than the industry average at -16.99% against -3.60. Yet analysts are ramping up their growth forecast for the fiscal year 2024. Revenue is predicted to shrink -26.70% this quarter and then jump 0.80% in the quarter after that. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will decrease -2.70% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be $3.54 billion as predicted by 5 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 5 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to $3.72 billion by the end of Jun 2024. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled $3.94 billion and $3.74 billion respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to shrink by -10.10% and then drop by -0.40% in the coming quarter.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings shrunk an estimated -1.04%. While earnings are projected to return -13.38% in 2024, the next five years will return -2.94% per annum.

DVN Dividends

Devon Energy Corp. is due to release its next quarterly earnings between May 06 and May 10. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Devon Energy Corp. is 0.82, with the dividend yield indicating at 1.56 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.

Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE:DVN)’s Major holders

Devon Energy Corp. insiders own 0.71% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 70.94%, with the float percentage being 71.45%. Vanguard Group Inc is the largest shareholder of the company, while 1,561 institutions own stock in it. As of Jun 29, 2023, the company held over 74.09 million shares (or 11.56% of all shares), a total value of $3.58 billion in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 51.95 million shares, is of Blackrock Inc.’s that is approximately 8.11% of outstanding shares. At the market price on Jun 29, 2023, these shares were valued at $2.51 billion.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Devon Energy Corp. (DVN) shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Select Sector SPDR Fund-Energy Select. Data provided on Jun 29, 2023 indicates that Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 20.02 million shares. This amounts to just over 3.12 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $967.75 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 17.47 million, or about 2.73% of the stock, which is worth about $892.53 million.