Continental Resources - CLR Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Continental Resources in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" CLR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CLR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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17 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Continental Resources' stock. Their CLR share price forecasts range from $53.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $69.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% from the stock's current price.
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Continental Resources' stock was trading at $44.76 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CLR shares have increased by 48.7% and is now trading at $66.58.
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Continental Resources saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,430,000 shares, an increase of 24.3% from the August 31st total of 2,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,250,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 2nd 2022.
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Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 28th. The oil and natural gas company reported $3.47 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.17 by $0.30. The oil and natural gas company earned $2.65 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.66 billion. Continental Resources had a net margin of 37.73% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.32%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 114.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.91 earnings per share.

Continental Resources announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 28th. Investors of record on Monday, August 8th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Monday, August 22nd. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 5th.
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Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR) pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.67%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 13.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CLR will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.36% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Continental Resources split before market open on Thursday, September 11th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, August 18th 2014. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, September 10th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

35 employees have rated Continental Resources Chief Executive Officer Harold G. Hamm on Glassdoor.com. Harold G. Hamm has an approval rating of 63% among the company's employees. This puts Harold G. Hamm in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Continental Resources trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CLR."

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One share of CLR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.58.

Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR) has a market capitalization of $24.17 billion and generates $5.72 billion in revenue each year. The oil and natural gas company earns $1.66 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.05 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,254 workers across the globe.

Continental Resources' mailing address is 20 NORTH BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY OK, 73102. The official website for the company is www.clr.com. The oil and natural gas company can be reached via phone at (405) 774-5257, via email at rory.sabino@clr.com, or via fax at 405-234-9253.