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 approved a stock buyback program on Tuesday, January 30th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Gulfport Energy Co. (NASDAQ:GPOR) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 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 quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.32 earnings per share. 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.

20 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Gulfport Energy's stock. Their predictions range from $9.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect Gulfport Energy's stock price to reach $16.0639 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 currently 3.6 days. Approximately 9.7% of the company's stock are sold short.

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News coverage about GPOR stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Gulfport Energy earned a media sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 46.55 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Gulfport Energy's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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 $10.79.

Gulfport Energy has a market capitalization of $1.86 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]