NuVista Energy Ltd. (TSE:NVA – Get Rating) Director Keith A.J. Macphail sold 15,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$10.63, for a total value of C$159,450.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 3,275,312 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately C$34,816,566.56.

Keith A.J. Macphail also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, August 9th, Keith A.J. Macphail sold 30,000 shares of NuVista Energy stock. The shares were sold at an average price of C$10.54, for a total value of C$316,200.00.

NuVista Energy Trading Down 2.1 %

Shares of NuVista Energy stock traded down C$0.23 on Thursday, hitting C$10.96. 1,051,390 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,221,516. NuVista Energy Ltd. has a one year low of C$4.06 and a one year high of C$14.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 23.86, a current ratio of 0.61 and a quick ratio of 0.60. The company has a fifty day moving average of C$10.46 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$10.94. The company has a market capitalization of C$2.50 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.02.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Cormark increased their price target on NuVista Energy from C$18.00 to C$19.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 4th. CIBC decreased their price target on NuVista Energy from C$18.00 to C$15.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 13th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on NuVista Energy from C$15.50 to C$14.75 in a research note on Thursday, August 4th. National Bankshares decreased their price target on NuVista Energy from C$19.00 to C$16.50 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 18th. Finally, Raymond James increased their price target on NuVista Energy from C$15.50 to C$17.00 and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 5th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, NuVista Energy currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of C$13.39.

NuVista Energy Company Profile

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NuVista Energy Ltd., an oil and natural gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas reserves in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It primarily focuses on the condensate rich Montney formation in the Wapiti area of the Alberta Deep Basin. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

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