NYSE:NBL - Noble Energy Stock Price, Price Target & More

Noble Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NBL."

Noble Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 7th will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share on Monday, May 21st. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 4th. This is a positive change from Noble Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Noble Energy's Dividend History.

Noble Energy announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Friday, February 16th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The oil and gas development company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.07. The oil and gas development company had revenue of $1.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.22 billion. Noble Energy had a positive return on equity of 3.25% and a negative net margin of 13.32%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 24.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned ($0.05) earnings per share. View Noble Energy's Earnings History.

Noble Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Noble Energy.

26 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Noble Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $22.99 to $65.00. On average, they expect Noble Energy's share price to reach $40.3039 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Noble Energy.

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News headlines about NBL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Noble Energy earned a media sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the oil and gas development company an impact score of 45.44 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Noble Energy's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.89%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (3.27%), Carmignac Gestion (2.35%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.49%), Northern Trust Corp (1.20%) and OppenheimerFunds Inc. (0.89%). Company insiders that own Noble Energy stock include Andrea Lee Robison, Arnold J Johnson, David L Stover, Edward F Cox, Gary W Willingham, J Keith Elliott, James E Craddock, Jeffrey L Berenson, Kenneth M Fisher, Kirby L Hedrick, Kleef William T Van, Michael A Cawley, Michael W Putnam, Susan M Cunningham and Thomas J Edelman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Noble Energy.

NBL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Carmignac Gestion, American Century Companies Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Precocity Capital LP, Stevens Capital Management LP, Swiss National Bank and A.R.T. Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Noble Energy company stock in the last year include Andrea Lee Robison, J Keith Elliott, James E Craddock, Kenneth M Fisher and Thomas J Edelman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Noble Energy.

NBL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Sei Investments Co., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Cobalt Capital Management Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Noble Energy stock in the last two years include David L Stover and Gary W Willingham. View Insider Buying and Selling for Noble Energy.

Shares of NBL 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 NBL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.62.

Noble Energy has a market capitalization of $16.39 billion and generates $4.26 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas development company earns $-1,118,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.31 on an earnings per share basis. Noble Energy employs 2,277 workers across the globe.

Noble Energy's mailing address is 1001 Noble Energy Way, Houston TX, 77070. The oil and gas development company can be reached via phone at 281-872-3100 or via email at [email protected]