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 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 repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Gulfport Energy Co. (NASDAQ:GPOR) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.14. The oil and gas producer earned $325.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $354.46 million. Gulfport Energy had a return on equity of 10.03% and a net margin of 28.25%. Gulfport Energy's revenue for the quarter was down 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $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 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Gulfport Energy's shares. Their predictions range from $10.00 to $26.00. On average, they expect Gulfport Energy's stock price to reach $15.4206 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.5% 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 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. Currently, 10.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Gulfport Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Headlines about GPOR stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Gulfport Energy earned a media sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 45.62 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Gulfport Energy's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FIREFLY VALUE PARTNERS, LP (5.20%), 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. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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 $12.09.

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]