NYSE:HP - Helmerich & Payne Stock Price, Forecast & News

Helmerich & Payne trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HP."

Helmerich & Payne declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.71 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $2.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.27%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. View Helmerich & Payne's Dividend History.

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE:HP) announced its earnings results on Monday, February, 3rd. The oil and gas company reported $0.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.11. The oil and gas company earned $614.66 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $604.21 million. The business's revenue was down 17.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.42 earnings per share. View Helmerich & Payne's Earnings History.

Helmerich & Payne is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Helmerich & Payne.

20 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Helmerich & Payne's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate Helmerich & Payne's stock price to reach $47.59 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Helmerich & Payne.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Helmerich & Payne in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Helmerich & Payne.

News headlines about HP stock have trended negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Helmerich & Payne earned a news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Helmerich & Payne.

Helmerich & Payne saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,980,000 shares, an increase of 9.9% from the January 15th total of 5,440,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,750,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Approximately 5.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Helmerich & Payne's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Helmerich & Payne include PARKER DRILLING/SH PAR $ (PKD), Pioneer Energy Services (PES), Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO), Nabors Industries (NBR), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Unit (UNT) and Vantage Drilling (VTGDF).

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Helmerich & Payne's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.85%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.28%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.47%), Bank of Montreal Can (1.18%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.77%) and Point72 Asset Management L.P. (0.76%). Company insiders that own Helmerich & Payne stock include Chapman Paula Marshall, John R Bell, John W Lindsay, Juan Pablo Tardio, Michael Lennox and Robert L Stauder. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Helmerich & Payne.

HP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Swiss National Bank, FMR LLC, US Bancorp DE and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. Company insiders that have sold Helmerich & Payne company stock in the last year include John R Bell and John W Lindsay. View Insider Buying and Selling for Helmerich & Payne.

HP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Investec Asset Management LTD, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Marshall Wace LLP, Boston Trust Walden Corp and Mackay Shields LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Helmerich & Payne.

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One share of HP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.31.