NYSE:NFX - Newfield Exploration Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE:NFX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The energy company reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.15. The energy company earned $711 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $661.27 million. Newfield Exploration had a net margin of 21.14% and a return on equity of 43.65%. Newfield Exploration's revenue for the quarter was up 62.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.52 earnings per share. View Newfield Exploration's Earnings History.

Newfield Exploration is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Newfield Exploration.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Newfield Exploration's stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect Newfield Exploration's stock price to reach $34.7059 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 117.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Newfield Exploration.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Newfield Exploration in the last year. There are currently 14 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Newfield Exploration.

Press coverage about NFX stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Newfield Exploration earned a daily sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the energy company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Newfield Exploration saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,561,116 shares, an increase of 54.7% from the October 31st total of 9,415,460 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,118,337 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 7.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Newfield Exploration's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Newfield Exploration include Devon Energy (DVN), GALP ENERGIA SG/ADR (GLPEY), Apache (APA), TORAY INDUSTRIE/ADR (TRYIY), Noble Energy (NBL), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Cimarex Energy (XEC), Energen (EGN), Encana (ECA), Parsley Energy (PE), WPX Energy (WPX), Murphy Oil (MUR) and EQT (EQT).

Newfield Exploration's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.08%), BlackRock Inc. (7.22%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (4.34%), LSV Asset Management (3.06%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.28%) and Scout Investments Inc. (1.28%). Company insiders that own Newfield Exploration stock include James Kent Wells, Juanita F Romans, Lee K Boothby, 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 Deutsche Bank AG, Marshall Wace LLP, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Impala Asset Management LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Newfield Exploration.

NFX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Caymus Capital Partners L.P., Panagora Asset Management Inc., LSV Asset Management, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Vanguard Group Inc., First Quadrant L P CA and Mobius Capital Management 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 $15.95.

Newfield Exploration has a market capitalization of $3.29 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.

The official website for Newfield Exploration is http://www.newfield.com.

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]