NuVista Energy Ltd. (TSE:NVA) Senior Officer Sells C$208,050.00 in Stock

NuVista Energy Ltd. (TSE:NVA) Senior Officer Christopher Mark Alessandro Legrow sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$13.87, for a total transaction of C$208,050.00.

Christopher Mark Alessandro Legrow also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, November 21st, Christopher Mark Alessandro Legrow sold 24,107 shares of NuVista Energy stock. The stock was sold at an average price of C$13.11, for a total transaction of C$316,042.77.

NuVista Energy Price Performance

Shares of NVA stock opened at C$14.12 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of C$12.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$12.74. The company has a market capitalization of C$2.91 billion, a PE ratio of 8.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 2.57. NuVista Energy Ltd. has a twelve month low of C$9.59 and a twelve month high of C$14.86. The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 15.03.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Cormark upgraded NuVista Energy to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 23rd. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on NuVista Energy from C$18.00 to C$19.00 in a research note on Friday, December 13th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on NuVista Energy from C$14.00 to C$19.00 in a research note on Monday, December 16th. TD Securities dropped their target price on shares of NuVista Energy from C$17.00 to C$16.00 in a research report on Tuesday, October 1st. Finally, National Bank Financial cut shares of NuVista Energy from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$16.64.

About NuVista Energy

NuVista Energy Ltd engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Products sold include natural gas, condensate & oil, butane, propane, and ethane, with condensate composing nearly half of all sales. Condensate finds significant use in the heavy oil business when applied to heavy oil bitumen.