Laredo Petroleum - LPI Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Laredo Petroleum in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" LPI shares. 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.
View LPI analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Laredo Petroleum's stock. Their LPI share price forecasts range from $69.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $92.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 67.2% from the stock's current price.
View analysts price targets for LPI or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.

Laredo Petroleum's stock was trading at $60.13 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LPI shares have decreased by 8.3% and is now trading at $55.15.
View the best growth stocks for 2022 here.

Laredo Petroleum saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,060,000 shares, an increase of 12.6% from the October 31st total of 1,830,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 690,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 13.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
View Laredo Petroleum's Short Interest.

The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 28th 2023.
View our LPI earnings forecast.

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (NYSE:LPI) released its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 2nd. The oil and gas producer reported $1.84 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.90 by $1.06. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $379.25 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $261.71 million. Laredo Petroleum had a net margin of 35.99% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 55.37%. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $4.02 earnings per share.

Laredo Petroleum shares reverse split on the morning of 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 market closes on Friday, May 29th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 5 shares after the split.

9 employees have rated Laredo Petroleum Chief Executive Officer Randy A. Foutch on Glassdoor.com. Randy A. Foutch has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Laredo Petroleum investors own include Teekay Tankers (TNK), ConocoPhillips (COP), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Matador Resources (MTDR), Cara Therapeutics (CARA), Zynerba Pharmaceuticals (ZYNE), Ford Motor (F), Pandora Media (P) and Statoil ASA (STO).

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

Laredo Petroleum's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.22%), State Street Corp (10.26%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.98%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.10%), Encompass Capital Advisors LLC (2.83%) and Citadel Advisors LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Bryan Lemmerman, Encap Energy Capital Fund Ix,, James R Levy, Jessica R Wren, M Jason Pigott, Mark David Denny, Pincus Private Equity Warburg, Tommye Karen Chandler and Warburg Pincus Llc.
View institutional ownership trends.

Shares of LPI stock 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.
Compare Top Brokerages Here.

One share of LPI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.15.

Laredo Petroleum (NYSE:LPI) has a market capitalization of $927.07 million and generates $1.39 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $145.01 million in net income (profit) each year or $43.15 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 273 workers across the globe.

Laredo Petroleum's mailing address is 15 WEST SIXTH STREET SUITE 900, TULSA OK, 74119. The official website for the company is www.laredopetro.com. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at (918) 513-4570, via email at rhagood@laredopetro.com, or via fax at 918-513-4571.