Everpar Advisors LLC Makes New $109,000 Investment in Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN)

Everpar Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 16,617 shares of the energy company’s stock, valued at approximately $109,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust increased its holdings in Southwestern Energy by 481.1% during the 4th quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 4,655 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 3,854 shares during the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new stake in Southwestern Energy during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $39,000. Lindbrook Capital LLC increased its holdings in Southwestern Energy by 30.2% during the 4th quarter. Lindbrook Capital LLC now owns 6,747 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 1,564 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Southwestern Energy by 555.0% during the 4th quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 7,624 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $50,000 after purchasing an additional 6,460 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC increased its holdings in Southwestern Energy by 244.2% during the 3rd quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 8,420 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 5,974 shares during the last quarter. 86.97% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Southwestern Energy Trading Down 1.6 %

Shares of SWN stock opened at $7.26 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $7.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of $6.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.01 billion, a PE ratio of -4.17 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 0.62. Southwestern Energy has a 1 year low of $4.67 and a 1 year high of $7.80.

Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 2nd. The energy company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.13 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.29 billion. Southwestern Energy had a positive return on equity of 9.00% and a negative net margin of 32.93%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 33.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.31 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts expect that Southwestern Energy will post 0.56 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on SWN. Citigroup boosted their price target on Southwestern Energy from $8.00 to $8.24 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 12th. Susquehanna boosted their price target on Southwestern Energy from $7.00 to $7.50 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, April 22nd. UBS Group boosted their price target on Southwestern Energy from $6.00 to $6.25 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, January 18th. Mizuho upgraded Southwestern Energy from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $6.00 to $9.00 in a report on Monday, February 26th. Finally, Scotiabank lowered Southwestern Energy from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $9.00 to $9.50 in a research report on Thursday, April 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $8.14.

About Southwestern Energy

Southwestern Energy Company, an independent energy company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the United States. It operates through two segments, Exploration and Production, and Marketing. The company focuses on the development of unconventional natural gas and oil reservoirs located in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and Louisiana.