Enerflex Ltd. (NYSE:EFXT) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.03

Enerflex Ltd. (NYSE:EFXT) announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 15th,Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 26th will be given a dividend of 0.0268 per share on Thursday, January 16th. This represents a $0.11 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.14%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 26th. This is an increase from Enerflex’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.02.

Enerflex has decreased its dividend by an average of 17.0% per year over the last three years. Enerflex has a payout ratio of 18.6% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Enerflex to earn $0.81 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.11 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 13.6%.

Enerflex Trading Up 1.7 %

NYSE EFXT opened at $9.40 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $6.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $5.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.19. Enerflex has a twelve month low of $4.01 and a twelve month high of $9.52. The stock has a market cap of $1.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -14.92 and a beta of 1.89.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on Enerflex from $9.00 to $12.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 15th.

About Enerflex

Enerflex Ltd. offers energy infrastructure and energy transition solutions to natural gas markets in North America, Latin America, and the Eastern Hemisphere. The company provides natural gas compression infrastructure, processing, and treated water infrastructure under contract to oil and natural gas customers; power generation rental solutions; custom and standard compression packages for reciprocating and screw compressor applications; re-engineering, re-configuration, and re-packaging of compressors for various field applications; integrated turnkey power generation, gas compression, processing facilities, natural gas compression, processing, and electric power solutions; after-market mechanical services and parts distribution, as well as maintenance solutions to the oil and natural gas industry, operations, and overhaul services; and equipment supply, parts supply, and general asset management.