NYSE:NFX - Newfield Exploration Stock Price, Price Target & More

Newfield Exploration trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NFX."

Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE:NFX) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The energy company reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.08. The energy company earned $580 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $552.56 million. Newfield Exploration had a return on equity of 36.67% and a net margin of 18.96%. The firm's revenue was up 39.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.57 EPS. View Newfield Exploration's Earnings History.

Newfield Exploration is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Newfield Exploration.

24 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Newfield Exploration's stock. Their predictions range from $28.00 to $48.00. On average, they anticipate Newfield Exploration's stock price to reach $37.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Newfield Exploration.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Newfield Exploration in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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Press coverage about NFX stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Newfield Exploration earned a media sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the energy company an impact score of 46.16 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Newfield Exploration's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (1.35%), DnB Asset Management AS (0.37%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.12%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.09%), Winslow Asset Management Inc. (0.08%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Newfield Exploration stock include James Kent Wells, Juanita F Romans, Lee K Boothby, Pamela J Gardner, Roger B Plank and Thomas G Ricks. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Newfield Exploration.

NFX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Hartford Investment Management Co., DnB Asset Management AS, Raymond James Trust N.A., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Newfield Exploration company stock in the last year include Juanita F Romans and Lee K Boothby. View Insider Buying and Selling for Newfield Exploration.

NFX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Fisher Asset Management LLC, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Fox Run Management L.L.C., Pendal Group Ltd, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Newfield Exploration stock in the last two years include James Kent Wells, Roger B Plank and Thomas G Ricks. View Insider Buying and Selling for Newfield Exploration.

Shares of NFX 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 NFX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.33.

Newfield Exploration has a market capitalization of $5.76 billion and generates $1.77 billion in revenue each year. The energy company earns $427 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.15 on an earnings per share basis. Newfield Exploration employs 1,010 workers across the globe.

Newfield Exploration's mailing address is 4 Waterway Square Place Suite 100, The Woodlands TX, 77380. The energy company can be reached via phone at 281-210-5100 or via email at [email protected]