Shares of EP Energy Corp (NYSE:EPE) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the twenty-one research firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $10.27.

EP Energy Corp (NYSE:EPE) opened at 3.54 on Tuesday. EP Energy Corp has a 52 week low of $2.18 and a 52 week high of $15.80. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $3.62 and a 200 day moving average price of $5.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $880.75 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of 1.40.

EP Energy Corp (NYSE:EPE) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 28th. The company reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.06. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.24 EPS.

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. Citigroup Inc. cut their price objective on EP Energy Corp from $6.00 to $5.50 in a report on Tuesday, January 5th. KLR Group cut their price objective on EP Energy Corp from $17.00 to $12.00 in a report on Thursday, October 15th. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on EP Energy Corp from $13.00 to $9.00 in a report on Wednesday, October 7th. Topeka Capital Markets boosted their price objective on EP Energy Corp from $6.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Scotiabank reissued a “sector perform” rating on shares of EP Energy Corp in a report on Thursday, December 3rd.

EP Energy Corporation is an independent exploration and production company. The Company is engaged in the acquisition and development of unconventional onshore oil and natural gas properties in the United States. The Company operates through a base of producing assets located in four operating areas, which include the Eagle Ford Shale, the Wolfcamp Shale, the Altamont field in the Uinta Basin Northeastern Utah and the Haynesville Shale. The Company had proved reserves of approximately 622 million barrels of oil equivalent (NYSE:EPE) and had average production of 97,734 Boe/d. Approximately 223 MMBoe of its total proved reserves are proved developed producing assets, which generated an average production of over 97.7 MBoe/d in 2014 from approximately 1,325 wells. It had approximately 321 MMBbls of proved oil reserves, over 94 MMBbls of proved natural gas liquids (NGLs) reserves and about 1,243 Bcf of proved natural gas reserves in the United States.

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