NYSE:APC - Anadarko Petroleum Stock Price, Price Target & More

Anadarko Petroleum trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "APC."

Anadarko Petroleum announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, June 27th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 12th. View Anadarko Petroleum's Dividend History.

Anadarko Petroleum announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, February 8th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Anadarko Petroleum Co. (NYSE:APC) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The oil and gas development company reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.09. The oil and gas development company had revenue of $3.05 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.14 billion. Anadarko Petroleum had a negative return on equity of 3.44% and a negative net margin of 0.15%. The firm's revenue was down 19.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned ($0.60) earnings per share. View Anadarko Petroleum's Earnings History.

Anadarko Petroleum is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Anadarko Petroleum.

23 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Anadarko Petroleum's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Anadarko Petroleum's stock price to reach $67.2632 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Anadarko Petroleum.

Anadarko Petroleum saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 19,022,637 shares, a decrease of 14.9% from the April 30th total of 22,341,035 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,769,901 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days. Approximately 3.7% of the company's stock are sold short.

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Media stories about APC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Anadarko Petroleum earned a media sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the oil and gas development company an impact score of 45.85 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Anadarko Petroleum's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.84%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.83%), Boston Partners (1.35%), Northern Trust Corp (1.23%), American Century Companies Inc. (0.68%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (0.62%). Company insiders that own Anadarko Petroleum stock include Anthony R Chase, Peter J Fluor, R A Walker and Randal Chase. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Anadarko Petroleum.

APC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Point72 Asset Management L.P., American Century Companies Inc., BlackRock Inc., Sarasin & Partners LLP, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Stevens Capital Management LP and Honeywell International Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Anadarko Petroleum.

APC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, AGF Investments Inc., Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Lateef Investment Management L.P., Barings LLC and ARS Investment Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Anadarko Petroleum stock in the last two years include Anthony R Chase, Peter J Fluor, R A Walker and Randal Chase. View Insider Buying and Selling for Anadarko Petroleum.

Shares of APC 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 APC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.64.

Anadarko Petroleum has a market capitalization of $35.28 billion and generates $11.91 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas development company earns $-456,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.96) on an earnings per share basis. Anadarko Petroleum employs 4,400 workers across the globe.

Anadarko Petroleum's mailing address is 1201 LAKE ROBBINS DRIVE, THE WOODLANDS TX, 77380. The oil and gas development company can be reached via phone at 832-636-1000 or via email at [email protected]