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 declared 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 1.25%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 4th. This is an increase from Noble Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. View Noble Energy's Dividend History.

Noble Energy declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Friday, February 16th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The oil and gas development company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.07. The oil and gas development company earned $1.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. Noble Energy had a positive return on equity of 3.25% and a negative net margin of 13.32%. The company's revenue was up 24.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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.

25 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Noble Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Noble Energy's stock price to reach $41.0909 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Noble Energy.

Noble Energy saw a drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 15,292,228 shares, a drop of 16.4% from the April 13th total of 18,302,861 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,071,540 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.8 days. Approximately 3.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

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Press coverage about NBL stock has trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Noble Energy earned a media sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the oil and gas development company an impact score of 46.64 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Noble Energy's stock is owned by a number of 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 purchased 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 $35.34.

Noble Energy has a market capitalization of $17.85 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]