Ecopetrol Earnings Preview

Ecopetrol EC is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, 2024-02-29. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Ecopetrol will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $0.54.

Ecopetrol bulls will hope to hear the company announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Here's a look at Ecopetrol's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q3 2023 Q2 2023 Q1 2023 Q4 2022
EPS Estimate 0.53 0.53 0.53 1.13
EPS Actual 0.45 0.03 0.69
Price Change % -2.0% -3.0% 0.0% 3.0%

Stock Performance

Shares of Ecopetrol were trading at $11.98 as of February 27. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 7.35%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

To track all earnings releases for Ecopetrol visit their earnings calendar on our site.

This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

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