NYSE:COG - Cabot Oil & Gas Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Cabot Oil & Gas announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.07 per share on Thursday, February 7th. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 23rd. View Cabot Oil & Gas' Dividend History.

Cabot Oil & Gas announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Friday, February 23rd 2018, which permits the company to buyback 30,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Cabot Oil & Gas Co. (NYSE:COG) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 26th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.03. The oil and gas exploration company earned $545.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $482.74 million. Cabot Oil & Gas had a net margin of 12.69% and a return on equity of 14.87%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 41.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.07 earnings per share. View Cabot Oil & Gas' Earnings History.

Cabot Oil & Gas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cabot Oil & Gas.

Cabot Oil & Gas will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 22nd at 9:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

20 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Cabot Oil & Gas' stock. Their predictions range from $22.00 to $34.00. On average, they expect Cabot Oil & Gas' share price to reach $28.3047 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cabot Oil & Gas.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cabot Oil & Gas in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cabot Oil & Gas.

News stories about COG stock have trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cabot Oil & Gas earned a media sentiment score of 0.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Cabot Oil & Gas saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 27,792,987 shares, a drop of 24.5% from the January 15th total of 36,830,393 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,240,216 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.5 days. Currently, 6.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Cabot Oil & Gas' Current Options Chain.

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Cabot Oil & Gas' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sanders Capital LLC (7.17%), BlackRock Inc. (6.80%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.88%), Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (1.43%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.31%) and Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.22%). Company insiders that own Cabot Oil & Gas stock include Dan O Dinges, Jeffrey W Hutton, Peter B Delaney, 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 Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, BlackRock Inc., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Copeland Capital Management LLC and DFT Energy LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cabot Oil & Gas.

COG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Anchor Bolt Capital LP, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Two Sigma Investments LP, Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT, Sanders Capital LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Scout Investments Inc. and Foresters Investment Management Company Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Cabot Oil & Gas stock in the last two years include Peter B Delaney and Robert Kelley. 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 $24.95.

Cabot Oil & Gas has a market capitalization of $10.76 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.

The official website for Cabot Oil & Gas is http://www.cabotog.com.

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]