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 declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 3rd. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.61%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 6th. View Continental Resources' Dividend History.

Continental Resources's stock split on the morning of 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 announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program 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 reacquire up to 7.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

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

Continental Resources is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 17th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Continental Resources.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Continental Resources' stock. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Continental Resources' share price to reach $44.74 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 37.0% 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.

News articles about CLR stock have trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Continental Resources earned a media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the oil and natural gas company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Continental Resources.

Continental Resources saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,660,000 shares, a decrease of 18.4% from the December 15th total of 5,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,190,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 5.7% of the company's 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), EQT (EQT) and Matador Resources (MTDR).

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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.11%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), MorganRosel Wealth Management LLC (0.01%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.01%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%) and IFM Investors Pty Ltd (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., 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 $32.66.

Continental Resources has a market capitalization of $12.13 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]