Enbridge Inc. (NYSE:ENB) Shares Purchased by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Enbridge Inc. (NYSE:ENBFree Report) (TSE:ENB) by 21.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 630,625 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after acquiring an additional 110,203 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Enbridge were worth $26,757,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. CIBC Asset Management Inc boosted its stake in shares of Enbridge by 4.0% in the third quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 24,161,024 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $984,205,000 after purchasing an additional 936,863 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI boosted its position in Enbridge by 12.8% in the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 18,163,353 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $737,754,000 after buying an additional 2,061,758 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of Enbridge by 1.1% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 16,142,638 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $655,556,000 after acquiring an additional 176,733 shares in the last quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Enbridge by 27.8% during the third quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 12,278,739 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $498,734,000 after acquiring an additional 2,668,692 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Enbridge by 10.8% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 10,125,670 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $416,431,000 after acquiring an additional 985,546 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 54.60% of the company’s stock.

Enbridge Stock Up 0.7 %

Shares of Enbridge stock opened at $42.86 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $43.45 and a 200 day moving average price of $42.20. Enbridge Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $32.85 and a fifty-two week high of $45.78. The firm has a market cap of $93.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.92, a P/E/G ratio of 3.92 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a quick ratio of 0.54, a current ratio of 0.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50.

Enbridge (NYSE:ENBGet Free Report) (TSE:ENB) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 14th. The pipeline company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.23. Enbridge had a return on equity of 10.16% and a net margin of 10.04%. The business had revenue of $11.59 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.78 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.64 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Enbridge Inc. will post 2.14 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ENB has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. CIBC reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Enbridge in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Royal Bank of Canada increased their target price on Enbridge from $63.00 to $67.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, TD Securities assumed coverage on shares of Enbridge in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $67.00.

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Enbridge Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company. The company operates through five segments: Liquids Pipelines, Gas Transmission and Midstream, Gas Distribution and Storage, Renewable Power Generation, and Energy Services. The Liquids Pipelines segment operates pipelines and related terminals to transport various grades of crude oil and other liquid hydrocarbons in Canada and the United States.

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