With 0.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.52 million shares. During the session, the Oil & Gas Integrated company that operates in wider Energy sector, reached to the highest price of $14.44 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $13.335. The 52-week range on DEC shows that it touched its highest point at $17.24 and its lowest point at $10.08 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $24.55. With its current market cap of 1.13 billion, DEC has annualized dividend of $1.16 while the current yield stands at 8.20%. DEC paid its most recent dividend on 1764547200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1772150400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.58.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of DEC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.28%, but this was down by -8.18% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.17% while six-month performance fell -2.21%. The stock lost -2.28% in the past year, while it has lost -15.17% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DEC yields -2.66 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.02. For the next quarter, that number is 0.70. This implies an EPS growth rate of 44.53% for this year and -15.75% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 77.77 million DEC shares are outstanding with a float of 44.86 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-12-15, short shares totaled 2.78 million, which was 352.0 higher than short shares on 1763078400. In addition to Mr. Robert Russell Hutson Jr. as the firm’s Co-Founder, CEO & Director, Mr. Bradley Grafton Gray serves as its President & CFO.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for DEC since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With DEC analysts setting a high price target of 26.0 and a low target of 15.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 20.5. Based on these targets, DEC could surge 83.75% to reach the target high and rise by 6.01% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 44.88% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $21.36655 being high and -$17.36032 being low. For DEC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.0985.
