Dion Hatcher Purchases 1,500 Shares of Vermilion Energy Inc. (TSE:VET) Stock

Vermilion Energy Inc. (TSE:VET) (NYSE:VET) Senior Officer Dion Hatcher acquired 1,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 30th. The shares were purchased at an average price of C$13.05 per share, for a total transaction of C$19,575.45.

Vermilion Energy Stock Performance

Shares of TSE:VET opened at C$13.53 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of C$13.60 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$13.92. Vermilion Energy Inc. has a 52 week low of C$11.84 and a 52 week high of C$17.56. The company has a quick ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.63. The stock has a market capitalization of C$2.11 billion, a P/E ratio of -2.65, a PEG ratio of -0.02 and a beta of 2.60.

Vermilion Energy (TSE:VET) (NYSE:VET) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported C$0.33 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C$0.45 by C($0.12). Vermilion Energy had a negative return on equity of 24.83% and a negative net margin of 45.56%. The company had revenue of C$490.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of C$497.45 million. On average, analysts expect that Vermilion Energy Inc. will post 1.3956262 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vermilion Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. Vermilion Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -9.39%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have issued reports on VET. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on Vermilion Energy from C$18.00 to C$15.00 in a research note on Thursday, September 12th. Canaccord Genuity Group decreased their target price on Vermilion Energy from C$20.00 to C$19.00 in a research note on Tuesday, October 22nd. National Bankshares boosted their price target on Vermilion Energy from C$17.50 to C$18.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday. ATB Capital cut their price objective on shares of Vermilion Energy from C$20.00 to C$17.50 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday. Finally, BMO Capital Markets downgraded shares of Vermilion Energy from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from C$20.00 to C$16.00 in a report on Friday, October 4th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Vermilion Energy has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$18.77.

About Vermilion Energy

Vermilion Energy Inc is an international oil and gas producing company. It engages in full-cycle exploration and production programs that focus on the acquisition, exploration, development, and optimization of producing properties in North America, Europe, and Australia. The majority of Vermilion’s revenue has derived from the production and sale of petroleum and natural gas.