Ovintiv Inc (NYSE: OVV) is -17.96% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $29.80 and a high of $49.57 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The OVV stock was last observed hovering at around $38.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -33.96%.
Currently trading at $4.04M, the stock is -0.79% and 5.12% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.33 million and changing 2331041% at the moment leaves the stock -3.84% off its SMA200. OVV registered -4.37% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of 2.51%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $36.8436 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $40.27765.
The stock witnessed a 6.02% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.92%, and is -6.04% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.39% over the week and 3.16% over the month.
Ovintiv Inc (OVV) has around 1623 employees, a market worth around $10.06B and $9.01B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.50 and Fwd P/E is 6.97. Profit margin for the company is 6.97%. Distance from 52-week low is 29.97% and -21.87% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.03%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -31.04% this year
806.0 institutions hold shares in Ovintiv Inc (OVV), with institutional investors hold 91.28% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 261.10M, and float is at 258.54M with Short Float at 2.54%. Institutions hold 90.83% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 29.97 million shares valued at $1.4 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.2577 of the OVV Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 28.03 million shares valued at $1.31 billion to account for 10.53 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 22.07 million shares representing 8.2915 and valued at over $1.03 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.9946 of the shares totaling 10.63 million with a market value of $498.4 million.
Ovintiv Inc (OVV) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by NANCE STEVEN W, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that NANCE STEVEN W sold 5,501 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 04 ’25 at a price of $38.18 per share for a total of $0.21 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 36632.0 shares.
