NYSE:CLRContinental Resources Stock Price, Forecast & News

Continental Resources' stock was trading at $8.78 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CLR stock has increased by 59.9% and is now trading at $14.04. 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The oil and natural gas company reported ($0.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.03) by $0.05. The oil and natural gas company earned $880.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $843.57 million. Continental Resources had a return on equity of 8.60% and a net margin of 9.18%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.58 earnings per share. View Continental Resources' earnings history.

Continental Resources declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 27th. Investors 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 yield of 1.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 6th. View Continental Resources' dividend history.

Continental Resources's stock 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 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 initiated 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 typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

27 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Continental Resources' shares. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate Continental Resources' stock price to reach $19.87 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Continental Resources.

Headlines about CLR stock have trended very positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Continental Resources earned a coverage optimism score of 4.0 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 press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutContinental Resources.

Continental Resources saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 volume of 7,320,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 29.1% of the shares of the company 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 shareholders 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 bought 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 $14.04.

Continental Resources has a market capitalization of $5.13 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]