Is it irrelevant, or will the Upgrade make the Tullow Oil share price more attractive?

• Jefferies upgrades to Buy with a target of 245p
• Consensus summary: 13 Buys, 8 Holds, 1 Sell; Average target: 254p (Source: Bloomberg).
• Current share price 212p (at time of writing).
• Shares -16.9% from 2019 highs; +24.1% from 2019 lows; +18.2% year-to date
• Source: Bloomberg, FT, Reuters, DJ Newswires, AlphaTerminal

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Trading Tullow Oil – An Example

Let’s say you think that Tullow shares have upside potential as result of this broker upgrade. You decide to buy exposure to £10,000 worth of Tullow using a CFD, at the current price of 212p. To do this, you need £2,000.

For the purpose of this example, let’s assume the Tullow share price rises to 245p (+15%). Your profit would be £1500 from your initial investment of £2,000.

Conversely, let’s assume you open the above position, and place a stop-loss at 5% from the current price. Tullow shares fall 5% and hit your stop-loss. Your loss would be £500

This is provided for information purposes only. It should not be taken as a recommendation.