Laredo Petroleum Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Laredo Petroleum in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Laredo Petroleum stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LPI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Laredo Petroleum saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,180,000 shares, an increase of 31.5% from the February 28th total of 897,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 570,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 10.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Laredo Petroleum is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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Laredo Petroleum will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (NYSE:LPI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, February, 21st. The oil and gas producer reported $3.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.19 by $0.04. The oil and gas producer earned $188.07 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $183.28 million. Laredo Petroleum had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.92% and a negative net margin of 111.63%.
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Laredo Petroleum's stock was trading at $11.4020 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LPI stock has increased by 191.3% and is now trading at $33.21.
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Laredo Petroleum shares reverse split before market open on Monday, June 1st 2020. The 1-20 reverse split was announced on Thursday, May 14th 2020. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Friday, May 29th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of Laredo Petroleum stock prior to the reverse split would have 5 shares after the split.

7 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Laredo Petroleum's stock. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect Laredo Petroleum's share price to reach $22.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 32.2%.
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9 employees have rated Laredo Petroleum CEO Randy A. Foutch on Glassdoor.com. Randy A. Foutch has an approval rating of 78% among Laredo Petroleum's employees.

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Laredo Petroleum trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LPI."

Laredo Petroleum's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BOKF NA (0.32%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.03%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own Laredo Petroleum stock include James R Levy, Pincus Private Equity Warburg and Warburg Pincus Llc.
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LPI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BOKF NA, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Laredo Petroleum company stock in the last year include James R Levy, Pincus Private Equity Warburg, and Warburg Pincus Llc.
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LPI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including James Investment Research Inc., and New York State Teachers Retirement System.
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Shares of LPI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LPI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.21.

Laredo Petroleum has a market capitalization of $428.41 million and generates $837.28 million in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-342,460,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $14.80 on an earnings per share basis.

Laredo Petroleum employs 257 workers across the globe.

The official website for Laredo Petroleum is www.laredopetro.com.

Laredo Petroleum is headquartered at 15 WEST SIXTH STREET SUITE 900, TULSA OK, 74119.

Laredo Petroleum's mailing address is 15 WEST SIXTH STREET SUITE 900, TULSA OK, 74119. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 918-513-4570 or via email at [email protected]