NYSE:COG - Cabot Oil & Gas Stock Price, Price Target & More

Cabot Oil & Gas trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "COG."

Cabot Oil & Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 16th will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Wednesday, May 30th. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 15th. View Cabot Oil & Gas' Dividend History.

Cabot Oil & Gas announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Friday, February 23rd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 30,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Cabot Oil & Gas Co. (NYSE:COG) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April, 27th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.01. The oil and gas exploration company earned $473.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $471.25 million. Cabot Oil & Gas had a net margin of 6.51% and a return on equity of 10.56%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 8.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.19 EPS. View Cabot Oil & Gas' Earnings History.

Cabot Oil & Gas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July, 27th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Cabot Oil & Gas.

24 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Cabot Oil & Gas' stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Cabot Oil & Gas' stock price to reach $30.2105 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Cabot Oil & Gas.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cabot Oil & Gas in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Cabot Oil & Gas saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 20,423,765 shares, a decline of 17.0% from the May 31st total of 24,595,763 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,684,427 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 4.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View Cabot Oil & Gas' Current Options Chain.

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Press coverage about COG stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Cabot Oil & Gas earned a news impact score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the oil and gas exploration company an impact score of 46.14 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Cabot Oil & Gas' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cabot Wellington LLC (0.18%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.10%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), DnB Asset Management AS (0.01%), Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.01%) and Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management (0.01%). Company insiders that own Cabot Oil & Gas stock include Dan O Dinges, George Kevin Cunningham, Jeffrey W Hutton, Robert Kelley and Todd M Roemer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cabot Oil & Gas.

COG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cabot Wellington LLC and Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management. Company insiders that have sold Cabot Oil & Gas company stock in the last year include Dan O Dinges, Jeffrey W Hutton and Todd M Roemer. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cabot Oil & Gas.

COG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., DnB Asset Management AS, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Welch & Forbes LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cabot Oil & Gas.

Shares of COG 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of COG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.70.

Cabot Oil & Gas has a market capitalization of $10.59 billion and generates $1.76 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas exploration company earns $100.39 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.48 on an earnings per share basis. Cabot Oil & Gas employs 308 workers across the globe.

Cabot Oil & Gas' mailing address is 840 Gessner Road Suite 1400, Houston TX, 77024. The oil and gas exploration company can be reached via phone at 281-589-4600 or via email at [email protected]