NASDAQ:GPOR - Gulfport Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Gulfport Energy Co. (NASDAQ:GPOR) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.02. The oil and gas producer earned $285.18 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $335.10 million. Gulfport Energy had a net margin of 25.83% and a return on equity of 5.88%. Gulfport Energy's revenue for the quarter was down 21.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.49 earnings per share. View Gulfport Energy's Earnings History.

Gulfport Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Gulfport Energy.

13 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Gulfport Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $14.00. On average, they anticipate Gulfport Energy's stock price to reach $6.54 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 244.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Gulfport Energy.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gulfport Energy in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Gulfport Energy.

Media coverage about GPOR stock has trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Gulfport Energy earned a news sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Gulfport Energy.

Gulfport Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 38,230,000 shares, an increase of 16.3% from the December 15th total of 32,860,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,760,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.0 days. Approximately 26.9% of the shares of the stock 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Caymus Capital Partners L.P. (1.27%), 6 Meridian (0.05%), Alpine Global Management LLC (0.03%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Gulfport Energy stock include Charles Douglas Johnson, David M Wood, Paul D Westerman, Quentin R Hicks, 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gulfport Energy.

GPOR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Caymus Capital Partners L.P., Alpine Global Management LLC and 6 Meridian. 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 $1.90.

Gulfport Energy has a market capitalization of $309.68 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]