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

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

Cabot Oil & Gas declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.06 per share on Thursday, August 23rd. This represents a $0.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 8th. View Cabot Oil & Gas' Dividend History.

Cabot Oil & Gas declared 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 a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Cabot Oil & Gas Co. (NYSE:COG) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 27th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.05. The oil and gas exploration company had revenue of $453.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $384.57 million. Cabot Oil & Gas had a net margin of 7.75% and a return on equity of 10.84%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.14 EPS. View Cabot Oil & Gas' Earnings History.

Cabot Oil & Gas is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Cabot Oil & Gas.

23 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Cabot Oil & Gas' stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $37.00. On average, they expect Cabot Oil & Gas' share price to reach $30.0526 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cabot Oil & Gas.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cabot Oil & Gas in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cabot Oil & Gas.

Cabot Oil & Gas saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 27,683,336 shares, an increase of 38.3% from the July 13th total of 20,023,079 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,528,656 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 6.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Cabot Oil & Gas' Current Options Chain.

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News headlines about COG stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Cabot Oil & Gas earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the oil and gas exploration company an impact score of 47.47 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Cabot Oil & Gas.

Cabot Oil & Gas' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.84%), Sanders Capital LLC (6.63%), FMR LLC (4.62%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.49%), Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. (1.36%) and Millennium Management LLC (1.35%). 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 FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, First Trust Advisors LP and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Marshall Wace LLP, Millennium Management LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. and Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc.. 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 $23.50.

Cabot Oil & Gas has a market capitalization of $10.43 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]