Zacks Research Equities Analysts Raise Earnings Estimates for NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE:NS)

NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE:NS) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for NuStar Energy in a report released on Monday, April 15th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the pipeline company will post earnings of $0.33 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.32. The consensus estimate for NuStar Energy’s current full-year earnings is $1.10 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for NuStar Energy’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.29 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.08 EPS.

NS has been the subject of a number of other reports. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $23.00 price objective (up from $20.00) on shares of NuStar Energy in a research report on Wednesday, January 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an “underweight” rating and issued a $19.00 price objective on shares of NuStar Energy in a research note on Wednesday, January 10th. Raymond James reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of NuStar Energy in a research report on Tuesday, February 20th. StockNews.com assumed coverage on NuStar Energy in a research report on Saturday, April 13th. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised NuStar Energy from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $18.00 to $21.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 23rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $19.43.

NuStar Energy Trading Up 5.4 %

NYSE:NS opened at $21.46 on Tuesday. NuStar Energy has a 1 year low of $14.70 and a 1 year high of $24.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.76, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 0.85. The stock has a market cap of $2.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.23 and a beta of 1.70. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $23.13 and a 200-day simple moving average of $20.15.

NuStar Energy (NYSE:NS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 15th. The pipeline company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $451.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $433.69 million. NuStar Energy had a return on equity of 107.61% and a net margin of 16.75%. NuStar Energy’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.34 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Raymond James & Associates grew its holdings in shares of NuStar Energy by 6.2% during the 1st quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 48,558 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $700,000 after purchasing an additional 2,827 shares in the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. raised its position in NuStar Energy by 6.4% in the 1st quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 12,661 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $183,000 after purchasing an additional 764 shares during the last quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC raised its position in shares of NuStar Energy by 35.9% during the first quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 786,680 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $11,344,000 after acquiring an additional 208,000 shares during the last quarter. ING Groep NV raised its position in shares of NuStar Energy by 82.8% during the first quarter. ING Groep NV now owns 234,000 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $3,374,000 after acquiring an additional 106,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG increased its holdings in NuStar Energy by 20.1% in the first quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,426,223 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $20,566,000 after purchasing an additional 239,046 shares during the last quarter. 63.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

NuStar Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, April 26th will be paid a $0.212 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 25th. NuStar Energy’s payout ratio is 225.35%.

NuStar Energy Company Profile

NuStar Energy L.P. engages in the transportation, terminalling, and storage of petroleum products and renewable fuels, and transportation of anhydrous ammonia in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Pipeline, Storage, and Fuels Marketing. The Pipeline segment engages in the transportation of refined products, crude oil, and anhydrous ammonia.