NYSE:CLR - Continental Resources Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Continental Resources announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, November 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Thursday, November 21st. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.68%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 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 minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell 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 share repurchase plan on Monday, June 3rd 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 7.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The oil and natural gas company reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.10. The oil and natural gas company earned $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.08 billion. Continental Resources had a net margin of 17.00% and a return on equity of 12.49%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 13.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.90 earnings per share. View Continental Resources' Earnings History.

Continental Resources is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Continental Resources.

Continental Resources will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

21 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Continental Resources' shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Continental Resources' stock price to reach $46.11 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 56.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Continental Resources.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Continental Resources in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Continental Resources.

Media coverage about CLR stock has trended extremely negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Continental Resources earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the oil and natural gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Continental Resources.

Continental Resources saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,660,000 shares, a drop of 18.4% from the December 31st total of 5,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 5.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Continental Resources' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Continental Resources include ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Concho Resources (CXO), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Apache (APA), Noble Energy (NBL), Marathon Oil (MRO), Devon Energy (DVN), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), WPX Energy (WPX), Cimarex Energy (XEC), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Matador Resources (MTDR) and EQT (EQT).

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' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.11%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.01%), MorganRosel Wealth Management LLC (0.01%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.01%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Continental Resources stock include Ellis L Mccain, Eric Spencer Eissenstat, Gary E Gould, Harold Hamm, Jack H Stark, John D Hart, John T Mcnabb II and Steven K Owen. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Continental Resources.

CLR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Raymond James Trust N.A., Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd and MorganRosel Wealth Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Continental Resources company stock in the last year include Eric Spencer Eissenstat, Harold Hamm and Jack H Stark. View Insider Buying and Selling for Continental Resources.

CLR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cerebellum GP LLC and Hexavest Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Continental Resources stock in the last two years include Harold Hamm and John T Mcnabb II. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $29.46.

Continental Resources has a market capitalization of $10.94 billion and generates $4.71 billion in revenue each year. The oil and natural gas company earns $988.31 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.84 on an earnings per share basis. Continental Resources employs 1,221 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Continental Resources.

The official website for Continental Resources is http://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]