NYSE:CLRContinental Resources Stock Price, Forecast & News

Continental Resources' stock was trading at $8.78 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CLR shares have increased by 112.6% and is now trading at $18.67.
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26 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 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Continental Resources is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) issued its earnings results on Monday, August, 3rd. The oil and natural gas company reported ($0.71) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.63) by $0.08. The oil and natural gas company had revenue of $175.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $250.07 million. Continental Resources had a negative net margin of 2.17% and a positive return on equity of 1.75%. Continental Resources's quarterly revenue was down 85.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.59 EPS.
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Continental Resources declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 27th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.07%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th.
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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 Continental Resources stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Continental Resources announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Monday, June 3rd 2019, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 7.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

26 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Continental Resources' shares. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect Continental Resources' share price to reach $20.02 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.2% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about CLR stock has been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Continental Resources earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the oil and natural gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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Continental Resources saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,220,000 shares, an increase of 12.3% from the January 15th total of 4,650,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,300,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 6.4% of the company's shares are short sold.
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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), Transocean (RIG), NIC (EGOV) 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 First Trust Advisors LP (0.94%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.11%), Creative Planning (0.10%), UBS Group AG (0.08%), Prudential Financial Inc. (0.08%) and WINTON GROUP Ltd (0.07%). 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.
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CLR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Swiss National Bank, Optimal Asset Management Inc., WINTON GROUP Ltd, Pillar Pacific Capital Management LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Continental Resources company stock in the last year include Eric Spencer Eissenstat, Harold Hamm, and Jack H Stark.
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CLR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Creative Planning, Kessler Investment Group LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Russell Investments Group Ltd., and Aigen Investment Management LP. 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.
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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 $18.67.

Continental Resources has a market capitalization of $6.82 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]