Suncor Energy Inc. (SU) Given “Buy” Rating at TD Securities

Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by research analysts at TD Securities in a note issued to investors on Thursday. They presently have a $41.00 target price on the stock. TD Securities’ price objective indicates a potential upside of 53.50% from the company’s current price.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Raymond James Financial Inc. reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $41.00 price objective (up previously from $40.00) on shares of Suncor Energy in a report on Monday, May 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $41.00 price objective on shares of Suncor Energy in a report on Sunday, May 1st. BMO Capital Markets reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $42.00 price objective (up previously from $40.00) on shares of Suncor Energy in a report on Thursday, April 28th. Citigroup Inc. cut Suncor Energy from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $38.00 to $40.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 20th. Finally, Vetr cut Suncor Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $29.87 price objective for the company. in a report on Tuesday, April 19th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $38.62.

Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) traded up 1.67% during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $26.71. The stock had a trading volume of 4,835,791 shares. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $27.36 and its 200 day moving average price is $26.13. The company’s market cap is $42.26 billion. Suncor Energy has a 12 month low of $18.71 and a 12 month high of $30.70.

Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 27th. The company reported ($0.36) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.21) by $0.15. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.63 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect that Suncor Energy will post ($0.14) earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Suncor Energy by 7.2% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,418,989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $604,210,000 after buying an additional 1,574,030 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its stake in shares of Suncor Energy by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 8,913,358 shares of the company’s stock valued at $229,965,000 after buying an additional 311,995 shares during the last quarter. Pekin Singer Strauss Asset Management IL raised its stake in shares of Suncor Energy by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. Pekin Singer Strauss Asset Management IL now owns 385,395 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,943,000 after buying an additional 15,500 shares during the last quarter. Guinness Asset Management Ltd raised its stake in shares of Suncor Energy by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Guinness Asset Management Ltd now owns 317,862 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,174,000 after buying an additional 5,487 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS Oconnor LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Suncor Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $7,776,000.

Suncor Energy Inc (Suncor) is an integrated energy company. The Company is focused on developing Canada’s petroleum resource basin, Athabasca oil sands. The Company operates in three business segments: Oil Sands, Exploration and Production (E&P), and Refining and Marketing. The Company’s Oil Sands segment includes Oil Sands operations and Oil Sands ventures operations.