Continental Resources Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:CLR)

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

Continental Resources declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, November 7th will be given 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 of this dividend 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 created 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 declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Monday, June 3rd 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 7.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 5th. The oil and natural gas company reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.01. The oil and natural gas company earned $1.21 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.16 billion. Continental Resources had a net margin of 19.64% and a return on equity of 15.09%. The firm's revenue was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.73 EPS. View Continental Resources' Earnings History.

Continental Resources is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Continental Resources.

Continental Resources will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

32 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Continental Resources' shares. Their predictions range from $7.00 to $88.00. On average, they expect Continental Resources' stock price to reach $49.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 69.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Continental Resources.

32 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Continental Resources in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 21 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Continental Resources.

Media stories about CLR stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Continental Resources earned a coverage optimism score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the oil and natural gas company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Continental Resources.

Continental Resources saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 4,550,000 shares, a drop of 13.3% from the August 30th total of 5,250,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,140,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 5.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View Continental Resources' Current Options Chain.

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

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), Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM) and Transocean (RIG).

Continental Resources' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.10%), Whittier Trust Co. (0.03%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.02%), Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.02%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.02%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.02%). 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, Mark E Monroe 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 Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Delphi Management Inc. MA, Whittier Trust Co. and Rhumbline Advisers. View Insider Buying and Selling for Continental Resources.

CLR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Signaturefd LLC and MHI Funds LLC. 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 $29.50.

Continental Resources has a market capitalization of $11.05 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]