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 75.1% and is now trading at $15.37. 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, 12 hold ratings and 9 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 11th. The oil and natural gas company reported ($0.08) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.03) by $0.05. The oil and natural gas company had revenue of $880.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $843.57 million. Continental Resources had a net margin of 9.18% and a return on equity of 8.60%. Continental Resources's revenue was down 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.58 EPS. View Continental Resources' earnings history.

Continental Resources announced 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 dividend yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th. View Continental Resources' dividend history.

Continental Resources shares split before market open on Thursday, September 11th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, August 18th 2014. The newly issued shares were issued 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 has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Monday, June 3rd 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 7.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

27 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Continental Resources' stock. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect Continental Resources' share price to reach $19.87 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Continental Resources.

Media coverage about CLR stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Continental Resources earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories 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 future. View the latest news aboutContinental Resources.

Continental Resources saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 21,660,000 shares, an increase of 14.3% from the April 30th total of 18,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 29.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Continental Resources' Current Options Chain.

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

Continental Resources' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (1.82%), State Street Corp (1.38%), Two Sigma Advisers LP (0.68%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.25%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.23%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.19%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, and Alliancebernstein L.P.. 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 activity for Continental Resources.

CLR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, State Street Corp, Caymus Capital Partners L.P., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Aperio Group LLC, and Banque Pictet & Cie SA. 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 $15.37.

Continental Resources has a market capitalization of $5.61 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]