NYSE:CLRContinental Resources Stock Price, Forecast & News

Continental Resources' stock was trading at $8.78 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CLR stock has increased by 71.8% and is now trading at $15.08. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Continental Resources in the last year. There are currently 6 sell ratings, 15 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Continental Resources.

Continental Resources is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Continental Resources.

Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) issued its earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The oil and natural gas company reported ($0.08) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.03) by $0.05. The oil and natural gas company earned $880.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $843.57 million. Continental Resources had a return on equity of 8.60% and a net margin of 9.18%. The company's revenue was down 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.58 EPS. View Continental Resources' earnings history.

Continental Resources declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 6th. View Continental Resources' dividend history.

Continental Resources shares split on Thursday, September 11th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, August 18th 2014. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, September 10th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Continental Resources stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Continental Resources announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, June 3rd 2019, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 7.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Continental Resources' shares. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect Continental Resources' share price to reach $21.04 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Continental Resources.

News articles about CLR stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Continental Resources earned a coverage optimism score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the oil and natural gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Continental Resources.

Continental Resources saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 14,660,000 shares, a decline of 26.7% from the June 15th total of 19,990,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,240,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 19.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Continental Resources' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Continental Resources investors own include CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Micron Technology (MU), NIC (EGOV), Transocean (RIG) and Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM).

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

Continental Resources' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%). Company insiders that own Continental Resources stock include Eric Spencer Eissenstat, Gary E Gould, Harold Hamm, Jack H Stark, John D Hart, John T Mcnabb II, Steven K Owen, Timothy Garth Taylor and William B Berry. View institutional ownership trends for Continental Resources.

CLR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Continental Resources stock in the last two years include Harold Hamm, John D Hart, John T Mcnabb II, Steven K Owen, Timothy Garth Taylor, and William B Berry. View insider buying and selling activity for Continental Resources.

Shares of CLR 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 CLR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.08.

Continental Resources has a market capitalization of $5.51 billion and generates $4.63 billion in revenue each year. The oil and natural gas company earns $775.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.25 on an earnings per share basis. Continental Resources employs 1,260 workers across the globe.

The official website for Continental Resources is www.clr.com.

Continental Resources' mailing address is 20 NORTH BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY OK, 73102. The oil and natural gas company can be reached via phone at 405-234-9000 or via email at [email protected]