NASDAQ:GPOR - Gulfport Energy Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Gulfport Energy declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, January 30th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Gulfport Energy Co. (NASDAQ:GPOR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.56 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.14. The oil and gas producer earned $325.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $354.46 million. Gulfport Energy had a net margin of 28.25% and a return on equity of 10.03%. The company's revenue was down 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.32 EPS. View Gulfport Energy's Earnings History.

Gulfport Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 14th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Gulfport Energy.

19 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Gulfport Energy's stock. Their predictions range from $10.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Gulfport Energy's share price to reach $15.4206 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Gulfport Energy.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gulfport Energy in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Gulfport Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 16,258,338 shares, an increase of 27.2% from the June 15th total of 12,783,718 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,097,721 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 10.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Gulfport Energy's Current Options Chain.

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News coverage about GPOR stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Gulfport Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 47.20 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Gulfport Energy's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FIREFLY VALUE PARTNERS, LP (5.20%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.12%), Edge Wealth Management LLC (0.01%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.01%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Gulfport Energy stock include Charles Douglas Johnson, Craig Groeschel, Keri Crowell, Michael G Moore, Paul D Westerman, Robert Alan Jones and Steve Baldwin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Gulfport Energy.

GPOR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cerebellum GP LLC and Retirement Systems of Alabama. Company insiders that have sold Gulfport Energy company stock in the last year include Craig Groeschel, Keri Crowell, Michael G Moore, Robert Alan Jones and Steve Baldwin. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gulfport Energy.

GPOR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Edge Wealth Management LLC and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC. Company insiders that have bought Gulfport Energy stock in the last two years include Charles Douglas Johnson and Paul D Westerman. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPOR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.01.

Gulfport Energy has a market capitalization of $2.10 billion and generates $1.32 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $435.15 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.41 on an earnings per share basis. Gulfport Energy employs 331 workers across the globe.

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]