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) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The energy company reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.08. The energy company had revenue of $580 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $552.56 million. Newfield Exploration had a return on equity of 36.67% and a net margin of 18.96%. Newfield Exploration's revenue for the quarter was up 39.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $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.

23 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Newfield Exploration's stock. Their predictions range from $28.00 to $48.00. On average, they anticipate Newfield Exploration's share price to reach $37.65 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Newfield Exploration.

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

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Media headlines about NFX stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Newfield Exploration earned a news sentiment score of 0.01 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the energy company an impact score of 45.06 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Newfield Exploration's stock is owned by a number 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 $30.75.

Newfield Exploration has a market capitalization of $5.84 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]