Enbridge (TSE:ENB) Reaches New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

Enbridge Inc. (TSE:ENBGet Free Report) (NYSE:ENB) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as C$70.97 and last traded at C$70.57, with a volume of 9294595 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at C$69.95.

Enbridge News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Enbridge this week:

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ENB has been the subject of several analyst reports. Scotiabank raised shares of Enbridge from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and increased their target price for the stock from C$70.00 to C$73.00 in a report on Friday, January 16th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reduced their price objective on shares of Enbridge from C$71.00 to C$69.00 in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded shares of Enbridge from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from C$74.00 to C$69.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on shares of Enbridge from C$67.00 to C$72.00 in a report on Monday, November 10th. Finally, Raymond James Financial increased their price target on Enbridge from C$74.00 to C$76.00 in a research note on Monday, November 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$71.31.

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Enbridge Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of C$160.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 144.86, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.62. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is C$65.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$66.43.

Enbridge (TSE:ENBGet Free Report) (NYSE:ENB) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 13th. The company reported C$0.88 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of C$17.18 billion during the quarter. Enbridge had a return on equity of 10.30% and a net margin of 13.75%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Enbridge Inc. will post 3.511912 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Enbridge Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Sunday, March 1st. Shareholders of record on Sunday, March 1st will be paid a $0.97 dividend. This represents a $3.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 17th. This is a positive change from Enbridge’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.94. Enbridge’s dividend payout ratio is presently 146.76%.

About Enbridge

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At Enbridge, we safely connect millions of people to the energy they rely on every day, fueling quality of life through our North American natural gas, oil and renewable power networks and our growing European offshore wind portfolio. We’re investing in modern energy delivery infrastructure to sustain access to secure, affordable energy and building on more than a century of operating conventional energy infrastructure and two decades of experience in renewable power. We’re advancing new technologies including hydrogen, renewable natural gas, and carbon capture and storage.

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