How to buy Whitecap Resources stock

Whitecap Resources is an oil & gas e&p business based in Canada. Whitecap Resources stocks (WCP.TO) are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and all prices are listed in Canadian dollars. Its last market close was C$10.49 – a decrease of 0.47% over the previous week. Whitecap Resources employs 542 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around C$3.2 billion.

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Information last updated 2024-04-10.

Latest market close	C$10.49
52-week range	C$8.05 - C$11.42
50-day moving average	C$9.48
200-day moving average	C$9.96
Wall St. target price	C$12.70
PE ratio	7.1438
Dividend yield	C$0.606 (6.42%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	C$1.46

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Whitecap Resources financials

Revenue TTM	C$3.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	49.2%
Gross profit TTM	C$3 billion
Return on assets TTM	7.69%
Return on equity TTM	16.89%
Profit margin	27.52%
Book value	C$9.16
Market capitalisation	C$6.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

We're not expecting to pay a dividend over the next 12 months. However, you can browse other dividend-paying shares in our guide.

Whitecap Resources share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Whitecap Resources's shares have ranged in value from as little as C$8.0492 up to C$11.4155. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (TO average) beta is 1, while Whitecap Resources's is 2.806. This would suggest that Whitecap Resources's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Whitecap Resources overview

Whitecap Resources Inc. , an oil and gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, and production of oil and gas assets in Western Canada. The company's primary areas of focus of its development programs are in Northern Alberta and British Columbia, Central Alberta, and Saskatchewan. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. .

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Whitecap Resources financials

Revenue TTM	C$3.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	49.2%
Gross profit TTM	C$3 billion
Return on assets TTM	7.69%
Return on equity TTM	16.89%
Profit margin	27.52%
Book value	C$9.16
Market capitalisation	C$6.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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