NYSE:HPHelmerich & Payne Stock Price, Forecast & News

Helmerich & Payne's stock was trading at $20.01 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HP stock has decreased by 6.5% and is now trading at $18.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Helmerich & Payne in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Helmerich & Payne.

Helmerich & Payne is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Helmerich & Payne.

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE:HP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The oil and gas company reported ($0.01) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.08. The oil and gas company had revenue of $633.64 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $554.06 million. Helmerich & Payne had a positive return on equity of 2.64% and a negative net margin of 19.47%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 12.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.56 earnings per share. View Helmerich & Payne's earnings history.

Helmerich & Payne declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, August 31st. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.35%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 14th. View Helmerich & Payne's dividend history.

22 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Helmerich & Payne's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $62.00. On average, they anticipate Helmerich & Payne's share price to reach $30.12 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 61.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Helmerich & Payne.

News coverage about HP stock has trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Helmerich & Payne earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Helmerich & Payne.

Helmerich & Payne saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,720,000 shares, an increase of 12.4% from the May 31st total of 6,870,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,110,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 7.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Helmerich & Payne's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of HP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.70.

Helmerich & Payne has a market capitalization of $2.01 billion and generates $2.80 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $-33,660,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.75 on an earnings per share basis. Helmerich & Payne employs 8,510 workers across the globe.

The official website for Helmerich & Payne is www.hpinc.com.

Helmerich & Payne's mailing address is 1437 SOUTH BOULDER AVENUE SUITE 1400, TULSA OK, 74119. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at 918-742-5531 or via email at [email protected]