Equinor ASA (EQNR) – Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

Equinor ASA (NYSE: EQNR) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 2/6/2025 – Equinor ASA had its “sector perform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada.
• 2/6/2025 – Equinor ASA was upgraded by analysts at DZ Bank AG from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 2/6/2025 – Equinor ASA was upgraded by analysts at Danske from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 2/6/2025 – Equinor ASA was upgraded by analysts at Pareto Securities from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 2/6/2025 – Equinor ASA was upgraded by analysts at Nordea Equity Research from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 2/6/2025 – Equinor ASA was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 1/29/2025 – Equinor ASA was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 1/21/2025 – Equinor ASA was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 1/13/2025 – Equinor ASA was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 1/7/2025 – Equinor ASA was upgraded by analysts at Morgan Stanley from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $30.90 price target on the stock, up previously from $25.80.
• 1/3/2025 – Equinor ASA was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 12/20/2024 – Equinor ASA was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 12/12/2024 – Equinor ASA was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 12/9/2024 – Equinor ASA was upgraded by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from an “underweight” rating to an “overweight” rating.

Equinor ASA Price Performance

NYSE EQNR opened at $23.01 on Friday. Equinor ASA has a 1 year low of $21.85 and a 1 year high of $29.32. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $23.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of $24.87. The company has a current ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 1.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The company has a market cap of $64.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.06, a P/E/G ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 0.83.

Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.82 by ($0.19). Equinor ASA had a net margin of 8.95% and a return on equity of 19.97%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Equinor ASA will post 3.28 EPS for the current year.

Equinor ASA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a $0.35 dividend. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. Equinor ASA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.89%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of EQNR. Truist Financial Corp raised its stake in Equinor ASA by 9.2% during the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 13,900 shares of the company’s stock valued at $397,000 after purchasing an additional 1,167 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its holdings in shares of Equinor ASA by 52.7% during the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 69,718 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,991,000 after purchasing an additional 24,052 shares during the period. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC raised its position in shares of Equinor ASA by 363.5% during the third quarter. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC now owns 1,928 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,000 after buying an additional 1,512 shares during the last quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management lifted its stake in shares of Equinor ASA by 52.3% in the third quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 98,556 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,496,000 after buying an additional 33,844 shares during the period. Finally, Creative Planning lifted its stake in shares of Equinor ASA by 22.2% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 67,058 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,699,000 after buying an additional 12,170 shares during the period. 5.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Equinor ASA, an energy company, engages in the exploration, production, transportation, refining, and marketing of petroleum and other forms of energy in Norway and internationally. It operates through Exploration & Production Norway; Exploration & Production International; Exploration & Production USA; Marketing, Midstream & Processing; Renewables; and Other segments.