In the latest trading session,, 1.16 million Ecopetrol SA ADR (NYSE:EC) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.93. With the company’s most recent per share price at $8.29 changed hands at -$0.18 or -2.13% at last look, the market valuation stands at $17.04B. EC’s current price is a discount, trading about -51.87% off its 52-week high of $12.59. The share price had its 52-week low at $7.21, which suggests the last value was 13.03% up since then. When we look at Ecopetrol SA ADR’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 2.14 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 2.90 million.
Analysts gave the Ecopetrol SA ADR (EC) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 3.45. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 0 recommended EC as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Ecopetrol SA ADR (NYSE:EC) trade information
Instantly EC was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -8.30%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 4.67%, with the 5-day performance at -8.30% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Ecopetrol SA ADR (NYSE:EC) is -18.88% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 12.58 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 4.08 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 6.8, meaning bulls need a downside of -21.91% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, EC’s forecast low is 6.8 with 6.8 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a 17.97% surge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 17.97% for it to hit the projected low.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -1.92%. The 2025 estimates are for Ecopetrol SA ADR earnings to decrease by -13.39%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at -7.33% per year.
EC Dividends
Ecopetrol SA ADR is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Mar-20. The 9.04% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.75. It is important to note, however, that the 9.04% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 12.86 per year.
Ecopetrol SA ADR (NYSE:EC)’s Major holders
The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 1.01%. There are 1.01% institutions holding the Ecopetrol SA ADR stock share, with GQG PARTNERS LLC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 0.03% of the shares, roughly 12.32 million EC shares worth $137.88 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 0.0075% or 3.07 million shares worth $34.3 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were GLOBAL X FUNDS-Global X SuperDividend ETF and VANGUARD Intl Eqy. INDEX Fd.S-Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fd . With 759.12 shares estimated at $6.26 million under it, the former controlled 0.04% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD Intl Eqy. INDEX Fd.S-Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fd held about 0.04% of the shares, roughly 882.13 shares worth around $7.27 million.
