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 of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, January 30th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Gulfport Energy Co. (NASDAQ:GPOR) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.02. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $285.18 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $335.10 million. Gulfport Energy had a return on equity of 5.88% and a net margin of 25.83%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 21.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.49 EPS. 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Gulfport Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $14.00. On average, they expect Gulfport Energy's stock price to reach $6.54 in the next year. 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 stories about GPOR stock have been trending somewhat negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Gulfport Energy earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 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 daily trading volume, of 4,760,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.0 days. Currently, 26.9% of the shares of the 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 investors 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]