NASDAQ:GPOR - Gulfport Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Gulfport Energy trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GPOR."

Gulfport Energy declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, January 30th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Gulfport Energy Co. (NASDAQ:GPOR) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.02. The oil and gas producer earned $285.18 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $335.10 million. Gulfport Energy had a net margin of 25.83% and a return on equity of 5.88%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 21.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.49 EPS. View Gulfport Energy's Earnings History.

Gulfport Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Gulfport Energy.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Gulfport Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $2.50 to $14.00. On average, they expect Gulfport Energy's stock price to reach $6.18 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 281.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Gulfport Energy.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gulfport Energy in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Gulfport Energy.

News articles about GPOR stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Gulfport Energy earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Gulfport Energy.

Gulfport Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 38,230,000 shares, an increase of 16.3% from the December 31st total of 32,860,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,750,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.0 days. Approximately 27.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Gulfport Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Gulfport Energy's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Shah Capital Management (2.28%), Caymus Capital Partners L.P. (1.27%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.22%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.21%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.06%) and 6 Meridian (0.05%). Company insiders that own Gulfport Energy stock include Charles Douglas Johnson, David M Wood, Paul D Westerman, Quentin R Hicks, Steve Baldwin and Stuart Maier. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Gulfport Energy.

GPOR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Deltec Asset Management LLC, Shah Capital Management, Arizona State Retirement System, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and New York State Teachers Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gulfport Energy.

GPOR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Caymus Capital Partners L.P., California Public Employees Retirement System, Alpine Global Management LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, 6 Meridian and Versant Capital Management Inc. Company insiders that have bought Gulfport Energy stock in the last two years include Charles Douglas Johnson, David M Wood, Paul D Westerman and Quentin R Hicks. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gulfport Energy.

Shares of GPOR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPOR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.62.

Gulfport Energy has a market capitalization of $264.04 million and generates $1.36 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $430.56 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.83 on an earnings per share basis. Gulfport Energy employs 350 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Gulfport Energy.

The official website for Gulfport Energy is http://www.gulfportenergy.com/.

Gulfport Energy's mailing address is 3001 QUAIL SPRINGS PARKWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY OK, 73134. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 405-252-4600 or via email at [email protected]