NYSE:CLRContinental Resources Stock Price, Forecast & News

Continental Resources' stock was trading at $8.78 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CLR shares have increased by 100.9% and is now trading at $17.64.
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27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Continental Resources in the last year. There are currently 6 sell ratings, 15 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 3rd. The oil and natural gas company reported ($0.71) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.62) by $0.09. The oil and natural gas company had revenue of $175.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $250.07 million. Continental Resources had a net margin of 9.18% and a return on equity of 8.60%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 85.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.59 earnings per share.
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Continental Resources announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th.
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Shares of Continental Resources 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 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 declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Monday, June 3rd 2019, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 7.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

27 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Continental Resources' stock. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect Continental Resources' stock price to reach $21.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.2% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about CLR stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 news sentiment score of -1.7 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 near future.
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Continental Resources saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 21,420,000 shares, an increase of 40.6% from the June 30th total of 15,230,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,200,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 33.6% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Continental Resources include ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Concho Resources (CXO), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Apache (APA), Noble Energy (NBL), Marathon Oil (MRO), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), WPX Energy (WPX), Cimarex Energy (XEC), Range Resources (RRC) and Southwestern Energy (SWN).
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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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CLR."

Continental Resources' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include First Trust Advisors LP (0.94%), Creative Planning (0.10%), UBS Group AG (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%) and Kessler Investment Group LLC (0.04%). 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.
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CLR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Denali Advisors LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., Whittier Trust Co., and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Continental Resources company stock in the last year include Eric Spencer Eissenstat, Harold Hamm, and Jack H Stark.
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CLR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Creative Planning, Kessler Investment Group LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., UBS Group AG, SG Americas Securities LLC, NuWave Investment Management LLC, and ProShare Advisors LLC. 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.
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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 $17.64.

Continental Resources has a market capitalization of $6.44 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]