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

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

Gulfport Energy announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, January 30th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Gulfport Energy Co. (NASDAQ:GPOR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.14. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $325.40 million for 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%. The firm's revenue was down 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm 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.

22 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Gulfport Energy's stock. Their predictions range from $9.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Gulfport Energy's stock price to reach $17.2575 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Gulfport Energy.

Gulfport Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,954,122 shares, an increase of 25.2% from the April 30th total of 11,942,927 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,117,866 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 9.7% of the shares of the company are sold short.

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Headlines about GPOR stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. 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 news sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 46.95 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Gulfport Energy's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.43%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.62%), FIREFLY VALUE PARTNERS, LP (5.20%), Schroder Investment Management Group (3.01%), Rubric Capital Management LP (2.84%) and Boston Partners (2.50%). Company insiders that own Gulfport Energy stock include Charles Douglas Johnson, Craig Groeschel, Keri Crowell, Michael G Moore, Paul D Westerman, Robert Alan Jones, 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Highbridge Capital Management LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Royal Bank of Canada, Southeast Asset Advisors Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Stevens Capital Management LP. 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 Rubric Capital Management LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Millennium Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., University of Notre Dame DU Lac, Schroder Investment Management Group, Kestrel Investment Management Corp and Prudential Financial Inc.. 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 $10.38.

Gulfport Energy has a market capitalization of $1.80 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]