Cabot Oil & Gas Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cabot Oil & Gas in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Cabot Oil & Gas stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in COG, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Cabot Oil & Gas is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 29th 2021.
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Cabot Oil & Gas Co. (NYSE:COG) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 29th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.05. The oil and gas exploration company had revenue of $459.68 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $486.86 million. Cabot Oil & Gas had a net margin of 16.73% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.84%.
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Cabot Oil & Gas' stock was trading at $16.21 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, COG shares have increased by 6.0% and is now trading at $17.19.
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Cabot Oil & Gas declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Thursday, May 27th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.56%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 12th. This is an increase from Cabot Oil & Gas's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10.
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Cabot Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.29%. Cabot Oil & Gas does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Cabot Oil & Gas is 24.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Cabot Oil & Gas will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.86% next year. This indicates that Cabot Oil & Gas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cabot Oil & Gas announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Friday, July 26th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback 25,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

16 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Cabot Oil & Gas' stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Cabot Oil & Gas' share price to reach $20.18 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.4% from the stock's current price.
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16 employees have rated Cabot Oil & Gas CEO Dan O. Dinges on Glassdoor.com. Dan O. Dinges has an approval rating of 57% among Cabot Oil & Gas' employees. This puts Dan O. Dinges in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Cabot Oil & Gas' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.48%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.12%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (2.31%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.71%), Northern Trust Corp (1.44%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.36%). Company insiders that own Cabot Oil & Gas stock include Dan O Dinges, Deidre L Shearer, George Kevin Cunningham, Matthew P Kerin, Peter B Delaney, Rhys J Best and Steven W Lindeman.
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COG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Strs Ohio, Bank of Montreal Can, Victory Capital Management Inc., Tobam, Korea Investment CORP, and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Cabot Oil & Gas company stock in the last year include Deidre L Shearer, George Kevin Cunningham, Matthew P Kerin, and Steven W Lindeman.
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COG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Ruffer LLP, Citigroup Inc., Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., King Luther Capital Management Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. Company insiders that have bought Cabot Oil & Gas stock in the last two years include Dan O Dinges, Peter B Delaney, and Rhys J Best.
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One share of COG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.19.

Cabot Oil & Gas has a market capitalization of $6.87 billion and generates $2.07 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas exploration company earns $681.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.62 on an earnings per share basis.

Cabot Oil & Gas employs 503 workers across the globe.

Cabot Oil & Gas was founded in 1989.

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

Cabot Oil & Gas is headquartered at 840 Gessner Road Suite 1400, Houston TX, 77024.

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]