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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.06 per share on Wednesday, May 30th. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 15th. View Cabot Oil & Gas' Dividend History.

Cabot Oil & Gas declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Friday, February 23rd 2018, which allows the company to repurchase 30,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Cabot Oil & Gas Co. (NYSE:COG) announced its earnings results on Friday, April, 27th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the 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 return on equity of 10.56% and a net margin of 6.51%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.19 earnings per share. 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.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Cabot Oil & Gas' stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Cabot Oil & Gas' share price to reach $30.2105 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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, 7 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Cabot Oil & Gas saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 20,423,765 shares, a decrease of 17.0% from the May 31st total of 24,595,763 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,684,427 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 4.6% 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 positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Cabot Oil & Gas earned a daily sentiment score of 0.26 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the oil and gas exploration company an impact score of 46.64 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Cabot Oil & Gas' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cabot Wellington LLC (0.18%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.10%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), DFT Energy LP (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). 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 Hartford Investment Management Co., Cabot Wellington LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DFT Energy LP, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., DnB Asset Management AS, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Fox Run Management L.L.C. and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. 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 $24.42.

Cabot Oil & Gas has a market capitalization of $10.68 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]