Continental Resources Company Profile (NYSE:CLR)

About Continental Resources

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Continental Resources, Inc. is an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company with properties in the North, South and East regions of the United States. The North region consists of properties north of Kansas and west of the Mississippi River and includes North Dakota Bakken, Montana Bakken and the Red River units. The South region includes Kansas and all properties south of Kansas and west of the Mississippi River, including various plays in the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP), Sooner Trend Anadarko Canadian Kingfisher (STACK), Northwest Cana and Arkoma Woodford areas of Oklahoma. The Company's estimated proved reserves are approximately 1,230 million barrels of crude oil equivalent (MMBoe) with estimated proved developed reserves of over 520 MMBoe. The East region includes undeveloped leasehold acreage east of the Mississippi River. The Company's crude oil production is sold to crude oil refining companies at market centers.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Oils/Energy
Industry: Independent Oil & Gas
Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Exchange: NYSE
Symbol: CLR
CUSIP: 21201510

Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $51.21
50 Day Moving Average: $47.879
200 Day Moving Average: $41.502
52-Week Range: $13.94 - $52.26
Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
Foreward P/E Ratio: 231.77
P/E Growth: 0.850
Market Cap: $18.97B
Outstanding Shares: 370,463,000
Beta: 1.69

Profitability:

Net Margins: -24.96%
Return on Equity: -7.57%
Return on Assets: -2.34%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.64%
Current Ratio: 0.97%
Quick Ratio: 0.85%

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Consensus Ratings for Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	1 Sell Rating, 6 Hold Ratings, 19 Buy Ratings, 1 Strong Buy Rating
Consensus Rating:	Buy (Score: 2.74)
Consensus Price Target:	$43.75 (14.20% downside)

Analysts' Ratings History for Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/7/2016	Scotiabank	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$17.00 -> $16.75
9/7/2016	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$50.00
8/31/2016	Stifel Nicolaus	Reiterated Rating	Hold
8/25/2016	Nomura	Boost Price Target	Buy	$50.00 -> $54.00
8/19/2016	Wunderlich	Boost Price Target	Buy	$50.00 -> $59.00
8/18/2016	Canaccord Genuity	Set Price Target	Buy	$51.00
8/16/2016	Wells Fargo & Co.	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$54.00
8/11/2016	Stephens	Set Price Target	Buy	$54.00
8/11/2016	Jefferies Group	Reiterated Rating	Sell
8/10/2016	Deutsche Bank AG	Boost Price Target	Buy	$54.00 -> $56.00
8/5/2016	RBC Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$48.00 -> $51.00
8/5/2016	Credit Suisse Group AG	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$47.00
8/5/2016	Royal Bank Of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$48.00 -> $51.00
8/1/2016	SunTrust Banks Inc.	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy	$60.00
7/18/2016	KLR Group	Downgrade	Buy -> Accumulate	$48.00 -> $54.00
5/18/2016	Simmons	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$32.00 -> $37.00
5/16/2016	Howard Weil	Downgrade	Focus Stock -> Sector Outperform
5/5/2016	Raymond James Financial Inc.	Upgrade	Outperform -> Strong-Buy	$42.00 -> $50.00
4/27/2016	Capital One Financial Corp.	Downgrade	Overweight -> Equal Weight
3/31/2016	Seaport Global Securities	Upgrade	Accumulate -> Buy
3/8/2016	Susquehanna	Reiterated Rating	Positive
2/5/2016	Robert W. Baird	Lower Price Target		$34.00 -> $19.00
2/2/2016	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$24.00 -> $26.00
1/28/2016	Barclays PLC	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$25.00 -> $19.00
1/15/2016	Tudor Pickering	Upgrade	Hold -> Buy
1/5/2016	Evercore ISI	Upgrade	Hold -> Buy	$41.00
1/5/2016	Bank of America Corp.	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy	$38.00
12/1/2015	Guggenheim	Reiterated Rating	Buy
9/15/2015	Cowen and Company	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$56.00 -> $30.00
8/10/2015	Credit Agricole SA	Upgrade	Sell -> Outperform
6/2/2015	Evercore Partners Inc.	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$52.00
5/18/2015	Goldman Sachs Group Inc.	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy	$46.00 -> $60.00
5/15/2015	Ladenburg Thalmann	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy	$50.00 -> $65.00
3/30/2015	Societe Generale	Upgrade	Hold -> Buy	$52.00 -> $50.00
12/1/2014	Barrington Research	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$85.00 -> $62.00

(Data available from 9/30/2014 forward)

Earnings History for Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
11/2/2016
8/3/2016	Q216	($0.17)	($0.18)	$518.42 million	$525.70 million	View	Listen
5/4/2016	Q116	($0.37)	($0.41)	$444.84 million	$453.17 million	View	Listen
2/24/2016	Q415	($0.21)	($0.23)	$575.70 million	$575.50 million	View	Listen
11/4/2015	Q315	($0.12)	($0.12)	$663.85 million	$628.45 million	View	Listen
8/5/2015	Q215	$0.04	$0.13	$681.48 million	$790.10 million	View	Listen
5/6/2015	Q115	($0.13)	($0.09)	$638.42 million	$625.60 million	View	N/A
2/25/2015	Q4	$0.55	$1.14	$1.02 billion		View	Listen
11/5/2014	Q314	$0.81	$0.81	$1.17 billion	$1.16 billion	View	Listen
8/5/2014	Q214	$1.69	$1.50	$1.10 billion		View	Listen
5/7/2014	Q114	$1.50	$1.47	$1,000.00 million	$972.50 million	View	Listen
2/26/2014	Q413	$1.30	$1.23	$942.87 million	$912.29 million	View	Listen
11/7/2013	Q313	$1.48	$1.61	$970.67 million	$1.03 billion	View	Listen
8/7/2013	Q2 2013	$1.25	$1.33	$853.42 million	$892.19 million	View	Listen
5/8/2013	Q1 2013	$1.13	$1.17	$766.49 million	$710.20 million	View	Listen
2/27/2013	Q4 2012	$0.87	$1.19	$657.60 million	$670.44 million	View	Listen
11/7/2012	Q312	$0.87	$0.87	$611.54 million	$633.30 million	View	N/A
5/2/2012		$0.84	$0.76			View	N/A
2/22/2012		$0.76	$0.88			View	N/A
5/5/2011		$0.54	($0.80)			View	N/A
2/23/2011		$0.49	$0.51			View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $-0.79 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $0.22 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q1 2016	8	($0.42)	($0.11)	($0.28)
Q2 2016	5	($0.26)	($0.10)	($0.18)
Q3 2016	5	($0.26)	($0.09)	($0.17)
Q4 2016	5	($0.26)	($0.05)	($0.13)
Q1 2017	4	($0.09)	$0.03	($0.03)
Q2 2017	4	($0.07)	$0.06	$0.00
Q3 2017	4	($0.03)	$0.11	$0.04
Q4 2017	4	($0.02)	$0.19	$0.09

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Dividend History for Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR)
No dividend announcements for this company have been tracked by MarketBeat.com

Insider Trading History for Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 76.97%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 23.37%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
9/21/2016	John D. Hart	CFO	Sell	4,000	$46.84	$187,360.00
9/21/2016	Steven K. Owen	SVP	Sell	3,200	$46.54	$148,928.00
8/30/2016	Gary E. Gould	SVP	Sell	5,000	$50.25	$251,250.00
8/26/2016	Jack H. Stark	COO	Sell	12,000	$49.24	$590,880.00
6/23/2016	Eric Spencer Eissenstat	SVP	Sell	10,000	$45.35	$453,500.00
6/20/2016	Glen A. Brown	SVP	Sell	8,977	$43.23	$388,075.71
6/15/2016	John D Hart	CFO	Sell	13,500	$42.42	$572,670.00
6/9/2016	John D Hart	CFO	Sell	2,500	$43.22	$108,050.00
6/7/2016	Eric Spencer Eissenstat	SVP	Sell	10,000	$43.32	$433,200.00
5/20/2016	David L Boren	Director	Sell	5,000	$41.10	$205,500.00
5/20/2016	Glen A Brown	SVP	Sell	15,000	$40.62	$609,300.00
5/10/2016	Steven K Owen	SVP	Sell	14,000	$40.13	$561,820.00
11/6/2015	John D Hart	CFO	Sell	5,000	$36.10	$180,500.00
5/12/2015	John D Hart	CFO	Sell	7,500	$47.93	$359,475.00
3/10/2015	Harold Hamm	CEO	Buy	139,621	$42.97	$5,999,514.37
12/15/2014	John T Mcnabb II	Director	Buy	2,000	$32.72	$65,440.00
12/3/2014	William B Berry	Director	Buy	15,000	$40.20	$603,000.00
9/22/2014	Harold Hamm	CEO	Buy	71,999	$67.45	$4,856,332.55
6/26/2014	Steven K Owen	SVP	Sell	4,000	$154.95	$619,800.00
6/4/2014	David L Boren	Director	Sell	2,833	$142.42	$403,475.86
5/20/2014	Harold Hamm	CEO	Buy	42,300	$134.46	$5,687,658.00
3/18/2014	Ellis Mccain	Director	Sell	3,333	$121.29	$404,259.57
3/18/2014	Jack Stark	SVP	Sell	5,000	$121.16	$605,800.00
2/28/2014	John Mcnabb II	Director	Buy	1,000	$118.67	$118,670.00
12/26/2013	Edward Schafer	Director	Sell	1,945	$111.21	$216,303.45
12/20/2013	Jack Stark	SVP	Sell	5,000	$111.89	$559,450.00
12/11/2013	Harold Hamm	CEO	Buy	41,000	$102.20	$4,190,200.00
12/11/2013	Winston Bott	COO	Buy	1,500	$101.28	$151,920.00
9/18/2013	Richard Muncrief	SVP	Sell	3,500	$100.89	$353,115.00
9/17/2013	Eric Spencer Eissenstat	SVP	Sell	2,000	$101.28	$202,560.00
9/17/2013	John Hart	CFO	Sell	3,000	$101.04	$303,120.00
9/13/2013	Jack Stark	SVP	Sell	12,000	$100.96	$1,211,520.00
5/10/2013	David L Boren	Director	Sell	3,333	$81.48	$271,572.84
3/22/2013	Winston F Bott	COO	Buy	1,500	$85.59	$128,385.00
12/27/2012	John D Hart	CFO	Sell	2,500	$72.78	$181,950.00
12/26/2012	Jeff B Hume	Chairman	Sell	62,398	$73.17	$4,565,661.66
12/24/2012	Richard E Muncrief	SVP	Sell	2,000	$73.44	$146,880.00
11/12/2012	John T Mcnabb II	Director	Sell	7,666	$69.94	$536,160.04

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Latest Headlines for Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR)

Date	Headline
	Top Gainers of the Day: Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) from Independent Oil & Gas (NYSE:CLR) twincountynews.com - September 27 at 4:16 PM
	OPEC Works On Plan To Cut Output But Iran Looks To Nov. Meeting (NYSE:CLR) www.investors.com - September 27 at 4:16 PM
	How Did Oil-Heavy Stocks Perform versus Crude Oil? (NYSE:CLR) marketrealist.com - September 27 at 8:50 AM
	Continental Resources, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : CLR-US : September 26, 2016 (NYSE:CLR) www.capitalcube.com - September 26 at 9:01 AM
	Analysts Valuations For Two Stocks: Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR), Anadarko Petroleum Corporation ... - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:CLR) voiceregistrar.com - September 23 at 3:40 PM
	Top 4 Drillers Ready to Go When Shale Revolution Restarts (NYSE:CLR) realmoney.thestreet.com - September 23 at 3:40 PM
	Continental Resources Basically Breaks Even, 2H Debt Reduction In The Works (NYSE:CLR) seekingalpha.com - September 22 at 4:25 PM
	Analysts Valuations For Two Stocks: Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR), Citigroup (NYSE:C) - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:CLR) voiceregistrar.com - September 21 at 8:19 AM
	High Market Cap Stock of the Day – Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) (NYSE:CLR) twincountynews.com - September 20 at 10:05 AM
	Analysts Valuations For Two Stocks: Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES), Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:CLR) voiceregistrar.com - September 19 at 5:03 PM
	Active Basic Materials News: Continental Resources, Inc. (CLR ... - The Independent Republic (NYSE:CLR) theindependentrepublic.com - September 18 at 4:06 PM
	Is Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR), a large market cap stock a smart buy? (NYSE:CLR) twincountynews.com - September 17 at 8:59 AM
	SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of Continental Resources After 1.41% Loss (NYSE:CLR) www.mysmartrend.com - September 16 at 4:08 PM
	Continental Resources, Inc. – Value Analysis (NYSE:CLR) : September 16, 2016 (NYSE:CLR) www.capitalcube.com - September 16 at 4:08 PM
	Continental Resources, Inc.'s (CLR): Stock Buzz - Hot Stocks Point (NYSE:CLR) www.hotstockspoint.com - September 15 at 4:40 PM
	How Oasis Petroleum’s Earnings Are Trending (NYSE:CLR) marketrealist.com - September 15 at 4:40 PM
	Continental Resources, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : CLR-US : September 15, 2016 (NYSE:CLR) www.capitalcube.com - September 15 at 10:34 AM
	A look at a High Market Cap Stock: Continental Resources, Inc., CLR - The Daily Leicester (NYSE:CLR) thedailyleicester.com - September 14 at 4:21 PM
	Bulls and Bears Call Truces- Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR), Neuralstem, (NASDAQ:CUR), RPM International ... - Seneca Globe (NYSE:CLR) www.senecaglobe.com - September 14 at 8:31 AM
	Continental Resources Up 26.6% Since SmarTrend Uptrend Call (CLR) (NYSE:CLR) www.mysmartrend.com - September 9 at 4:09 PM
	Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) From The Analysts Point of View (NYSE:CLR) www.nationaldailypress.com - September 9 at 4:09 PM
	E&P stocks hit by crude prices (NYSE:CLR) finance.yahoo.com - September 9 at 4:09 PM
	Continental Resources May Lead The Way Back To Oil Profits With Lower Cost Production - Seeking Alpha (NYSE:CLR) seekingalpha.com - September 9 at 9:05 AM
	It's Earnings Time: What to Do with Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) Stock - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:CLR) voiceregistrar.com - September 9 at 9:05 AM
	Continental Resources May Lead The Way Back To Oil Profits With Lower Cost Production (NYSE:CLR) seekingalpha.com - September 8 at 4:09 PM
	Continental Resources Inc. (CLR) Rating Reiterated by BMO Capital Markets (NYSE:CLR) www.crcconnection.com - September 8 at 4:09 PM
	Harold Hamm says it is ‘high time’ for an OPEC pact to freeze output (NYSE:CLR) www.marketwatch.com - September 8 at 4:09 PM
	3 Things to Look For (That You Probably Won't Find) in an Independent Oil Company (NYSE:CLR) realmoney.thestreet.com - September 8 at 4:09 PM
	Noteworthy Analyst Ratings of Two Stocks Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW), Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE ... - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:CLR) voiceregistrar.com - September 8 at 5:13 AM
	Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR): What is the Sell-side Making of this Stock? - Post News (NYSE:CLR) www.kentuckypostnews.com - September 8 at 5:13 AM
	[$$] Donald Trump's oil man urges Russia and Opec to cut output (NYSE:CLR) www.ft.com - September 8 at 5:13 AM
	Shares Continuing to Trade Above Moving Averages: Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) - Post News (NYSE:CLR) www.kentuckypostnews.com - September 2 at 4:04 PM
	Stocks Under Consideration: Continental Resources, Inc. (CLR), Tesoro Corporation (TSO), Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN) - iStreetWire (NYSE:CLR) istreetwire.com - September 2 at 9:02 AM
	Analysts Valuations For Two Stocks: Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR), Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE) - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:CLR) voiceregistrar.com - August 31 at 9:01 AM
	Oil Stocks: Banks are Lending, Why is No One Borrowing? (NYSE:CLR) blogs.barrons.com - August 30 at 4:14 PM
	Uptrend Call Working As Continental Resources Stock Rises 21.6% (CLR) (NYSE:CLR) www.mysmartrend.com - August 29 at 9:32 PM
	How has Continental Resources, Inc.:(NYSE:CLR) performed recently? - The Daily Leicester (NYSE:CLR) thedailyleicester.com - August 29 at 4:29 PM
	Analysts Valuations For Two Stocks: Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA), Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:CLR) voiceregistrar.com - August 29 at 4:29 PM
	[$$] US shale industry leaps a big hurdle (NYSE:CLR) www.ft.com - August 28 at 4:00 PM
	Analysts Valuations For Two Stocks: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) - The Voice Registrar (NYSE:CLR) voiceregistrar.com - August 25 at 4:19 PM
	Continental Resources, Inc.'s (CLR): Traders Recap - Hot Stocks Point (NYSE:CLR) www.hotstockspoint.com - August 25 at 4:19 PM
	Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) from Independent Oil & Gas – Todays Top Gains (NYSE:CLR) twincountynews.com - August 25 at 9:14 AM
	The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Hess, Continental Resources and Valero Energy (NYSE:CLR) finance.yahoo.com - August 24 at 10:40 AM
	Continental Resources to Divest Non-Strategic Assets Again (NYSE:CLR) finance.yahoo.com - August 22 at 4:20 PM
	How the WTI Crude Oil Price Affects Shale Oil Producers (NYSE:CLR) www.fool.com - August 21 at 4:02 PM
	Continental Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLR) Price Target Raised at Wunderlich - BNB Daily (blog) (NYSE:CLR) www.baseball-news-blog.com - August 19 at 3:21 PM
	Continental Resources Hits 52-Week High on Oil Recovery (NYSE:CLR) finance.yahoo.com - August 19 at 11:26 AM
	Continental Resources to sell $222 million of non-core assets in North Dakota, Montana - MarketWatch (NYSE:CLR) www.marketwatch.com - August 18 at 4:19 PM
	Continental Resources To Sell Non-Strategic Assets In North Dakota And Montana (NYSE:CLR) www.finanznachrichten.de - August 18 at 11:05 AM
	Continental Resources Announces $222 Million Sale Of Non-Strategic Assets In North Dakota And Montana (NYSE:CLR) ih.advfn.com - August 18 at 11:05 AM