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 data on Tuesday, May, 1st. The energy company reported $0.82 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.08. The energy company had revenue of $580 million for 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 company's quarterly revenue was up 39.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.57 EPS. View Newfield Exploration's Earnings History.

Newfield Exploration is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Newfield Exploration.

23 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Newfield Exploration's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect Newfield Exploration's share price to reach $37.65 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Newfield Exploration.

Newfield Exploration saw a decrease in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 10,311,136 shares, a decrease of 23.6% from the April 30th total of 13,504,163 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,685,727 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 5.2% of the company's shares are short sold.

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Media headlines about NFX stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Newfield Exploration earned a media sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the energy company an impact score of 45.36 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Newfield Exploration's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.05%), Van ECK Associates Corp (1.71%), Northern Trust Corp (1.15%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.11%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.08%) and TCW Group Inc. (0.89%). Company insiders that own Newfield Exploration stock include James Kent Wells, Juanita F Romans, Lee K Boothby, Matthew R Vezza, 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 Boston Partners, Prudential Financial Inc., KBC Group NV, OppenheimerFunds Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Swiss National Bank, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. and Van ECK Associates Corp. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., LSV Asset Management, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Guggenheim Capital LLC, Cobalt Capital Management Inc. and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale. 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 $29.04.

Newfield Exploration has a market capitalization of $5.57 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]