Gulfport Energy Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:GPOR)

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

Gulfport Energy declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, January 30th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Gulfport Energy Co. (NASDAQ:GPOR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 1st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.01. The oil and gas producer earned $459 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $312.43 million. Gulfport Energy had a net margin of 33.82% and a return on equity of 7.34%. Gulfport Energy's revenue was up 81.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.33 EPS. View Gulfport Energy's Earnings History.

Gulfport Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Gulfport Energy.

16 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Gulfport Energy's stock. Their predictions range from $5.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect Gulfport Energy's share price to reach $8.95 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 234.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Gulfport Energy.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gulfport Energy in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Gulfport Energy.

Media stories about GPOR stock have been trending neutral on Friday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Gulfport Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Gulfport Energy.

Gulfport Energy saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 29,310,000 shares, an increase of 8.0% from the August 30th total of 27,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.3 days. Currently, 20.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Gulfport Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Gulfport Energy's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.02%), Enterprise Bank & Trust Co (0.01%), Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.01%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Gulfport Energy stock include Charles Douglas Johnson, Craig Groeschel, David M Wood, Keri Crowell, Michael G Moore, Paul D Westerman, Quentin R Hicks, Robert Alan Jones, Steve Baldwin and Stuart Maier. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Gulfport Energy.

GPOR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cerebellum GP LLC, Enterprise Bank & Trust Co, Meeder Asset Management Inc. and Cerebellum GP LLC. Company insiders that have bought Gulfport Energy stock in the last two years include Charles Douglas Johnson, David M Wood, Paul D Westerman and Quentin R Hicks. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPOR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.68.

Gulfport Energy has a market capitalization of $436.00 million and generates $1.36 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $430.56 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.83 on an earnings per share basis. Gulfport Energy employs 350 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Gulfport Energy.

The official website for Gulfport Energy is http://www.gulfportenergy.com/.

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]