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

Gulfport Energy Co. (NASDAQ:GPOR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.56 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 firm's revenue was down 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter 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.

20 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets 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 $16.0639 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Gulfport Energy.

Gulfport Energy saw a increase in short interest in 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 9.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.

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News coverage about GPOR stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Gulfport Energy earned a daily sentiment score of 0.24 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 46.50 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Gulfport Energy's stock is owned by a number of 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 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 $11.09.

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]