Shares of AltaGas Ltd. (TSE:ALA – Get Rating) have earned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the fourteen research firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has given a hold recommendation and five have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$33.79.
A number of equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on shares of AltaGas from C$33.00 to C$34.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, May 27th. CIBC dropped their price target on shares of AltaGas from C$34.00 to C$32.00 in a research note on Thursday, July 21st. TD Securities lifted their price target on shares of AltaGas from C$33.00 to C$34.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, May 27th. Credit Suisse Group dropped their price target on shares of AltaGas from C$35.00 to C$32.50 in a research note on Friday, July 22nd. Finally, Scotiabank lifted their price target on shares of AltaGas from C$32.00 to C$33.00 in a research note on Friday, July 29th.
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TSE:ALA opened at C$28.49 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 114.82. AltaGas has a 12 month low of C$24.16 and a 12 month high of C$31.16. The company has a market cap of C$8.01 billion and a PE ratio of 32.38. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of C$28.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$28.20.
AltaGas Dividend Announcement
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 29th. Investors of record on Friday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.265 per share. This represents a $1.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.72%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 15th. AltaGas's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 115.31%.Insider Activity at AltaGas
In related news, Senior Officer Donald Mark Jenkins sold 80,062 shares of AltaGas stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of C$30.43, for a total transaction of C$2,436,286.66. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 25,364 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$771,826.52. In other AltaGas news, Director David Wallace Cornhill sold 80,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of C$30.25, for a total value of C$2,419,768.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 1,428,727 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$43,214,848.44. Also, Senior Officer Donald Mark Jenkins sold 80,062 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of C$30.43, for a total transaction of C$2,436,286.66. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 25,364 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$771,826.52. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 190,562 shares of company stock worth $5,779,949.
AltaGas Company Profile
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AltaGas Ltd. operates as an energy infrastructure company in North America. The company operates through Utilities and Midstream segments. The Utilities segment owns and operates rate-regulated natural gas distribution and storage utilities in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the District of Columbia serving approximately 1.7 million customers.
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