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

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

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

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

Gulfport Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

16 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Gulfport Energy's shares. Their predictions range from $5.00 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate Gulfport Energy's share price to reach $8.95 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 246.8% 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 headlines about GPOR stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Gulfport Energy earned a news sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Gulfport Energy.

Gulfport Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 trading volume of 5,570,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.3 days. Approximately 20.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Gulfport Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Gulfport Energy's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Shah Capital Management (2.45%), Brookstone Capital Management (0.10%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), 6 Meridian (0.04%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.02%) and Searle & CO. (0.01%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Searle & CO.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gulfport Energy.

GPOR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Shah Capital Management, Brookstone Capital Management, 6 Meridian, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cerebellum GP LLC, Enterprise Bank & Trust Co, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. 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 $2.58.

Gulfport Energy has a market capitalization of $420.50 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]