NYSE:RES - RPC Stock Price, Forecast & News

RPC trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RES."

RPC announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 10th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, June 10th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 9th. View RPC's Dividend History.

RPC declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback 10,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

RPC, Inc. (NYSE:RES) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The oil and gas company reported ($0.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.01) by $0.07. The oil and gas company earned $293.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $336.48 million. RPC had a positive return on equity of 0.09% and a negative net margin of 3.70%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 33.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.23 EPS. View RPC's Earnings History.

RPC is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for RPC.

RPC will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

13 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for RPC's shares. Their forecasts range from $3.10 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate RPC's share price to reach $7.58 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 65.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for RPC.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for RPC in the last year. There are currently 8 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for RPC.

Headlines about RES stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. RPC earned a media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for RPC.

RPC saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 22,640,000 shares, a drop of 7.4% from the November 28th total of 24,440,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,320,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.8 days. Currently, 39.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View RPC's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to RPC include Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), National-Oilwell Varco (NOV), TechnipFMC (FTI), Dril-Quip (DRQ), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Oil States International (OIS), Seacor (CKH), Tidewater (TDW), Matrix Service (MTRX), Newpark Resources (NR), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), TETRA Technologies (TTI) and Era Group (ERA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other RPC investors own include Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Ford Motor (F), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), El Pollo LoCo (LOCO), Centurylink (CTL), Oasis Petroleum (OAS), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), General Electric (GE) and Transocean (RIG).

Shares of RES 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RES stock can currently be purchased for approximately $4.59.

RPC has a market capitalization of $984.56 million and generates $1.72 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $175.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.82 on an earnings per share basis. RPC employs 3,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About RPC.

The official website for RPC is http://www.rpc.net/.

RPC's mailing address is 2801 BUFORD HIGHWAY SUITE 300, ATLANTA GA, 30329. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at 404-321-2140 or via email at [email protected]