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. 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.61%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 6th. View Continental Resources' Dividend History.

Shares of Continental Resources split on Thursday, September 11th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, August 18th 2014. The newly created 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 declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Monday, June 3rd 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 7.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The oil and natural gas company reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 12.49% and a net margin of 17.00%. Continental Resources's quarterly revenue was down 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.90 EPS. 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 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Continental Resources' stock. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect 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 stories about CLR stock have trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Continental Resources earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the oil and natural gas company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Continental Resources.

Continental Resources saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,660,000 shares, a decline of 18.4% from the December 15th total of 5,710,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,190,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 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), 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 bought 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]