Somewhat Favorable Media Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Impact Hallador Energy (HNRG) Share Price

Media coverage about Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG) has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Hallador Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 0.10 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news stories about the energy company an impact score of 46.147559179394 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near term.

These are some of the media headlines that may have effected Accern’s analysis:

• Hallador Energy Company (NASDAQ:HNRG) Declares $0.04 Quarterly Dividend (americanbankingnews.com)
• Hallador Energy declares $0.04 dividend (seekingalpha.com)
• Hallador Energy Company Declares Quarterly Dividend and Announces 2nd Quarter 2017 Earnings Release and Conference Call (finance.yahoo.com)
• BRIEF-Hallador Energy declares quarterly dividend of $.04/shr (feeds.reuters.com)

Shares of Hallador Energy (NASDAQ:HNRG) opened at 7.59 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $7.72 and a 200 day moving average of $8.14. The stock has a market cap of $223.89 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.61 and a beta of -0.60. Hallador Energy has a 1-year low of $4.63 and a 1-year high of $10.40.

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 31st will be issued a $0.04 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 27th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.11%. Hallador Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 35.56%.

Separately, Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Hallador Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $8.25 price objective for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 11th.

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Hallador Energy Company Profile

Hallador Energy Company is an oil and gas exploration company focused on developing coal reserves in the Illinois Basin. The Company, through its subsidiary, Sunrise Coal, LLC, is engaged in coal mining in the state of Indiana serving the electric power generation industry. Its projects include Carlisle Mine, Ace in the Hole Mine, Oaktown 1 Mine, Oaktown 2 Mine and Bulldog Mine.