NYSE:RES - RPC Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

RPC declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, June 10th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.51%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 9th. View RPC's Dividend History.

RPC announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, February 15th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase 10,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

RPC, Inc. (NYSE:RES) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 24th. The oil and gas company reported $0.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.01. The oil and gas company had revenue of $358.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $362.40 million. RPC had a return on equity of 6.37% and a net margin of 4.55%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 23.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.28 EPS. View RPC's Earnings History.

RPC is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for RPC.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for RPC's stock. Their forecasts range from $4.50 to $15.00. On average, they expect RPC's share price to reach $10.4231 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 83.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for RPC.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for RPC in the last year. There are currently 8 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for RPC.

News coverage about RES stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for RPC.

RPC saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 28,730,200 shares, an increase of 51.2% from the July 31st total of 18,997,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 10.5 days. Currently, 50.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View RPC's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to RPC include Subsea 7 (SUBCY), Core Laboratories (CLB), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Liberty Oilfield Services (LBRT), SemGroup (SEMG), Propetro (PUMP), Franks International (FI), Hurricane Energy (HRCXF), Select Energy Services (WTTR), C&J Energy Services (CJ), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Keane Group (FRAC), FTS International (FTSI) and North American Construction Group (NOA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other RPC investors own include Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Ford Motor (F), El Pollo LoCo (LOCO), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Oasis Petroleum (OAS), Range Resources (RRC), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), General Electric (GE), FireEye (FEYE) and CBL & Associates Properties (CBL).

RPC's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (2.56%), AQR Capital Management LLC (2.01%), BlackRock Inc. (1.87%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.17%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.07%) and Van ECK Associates Corp (1.05%). Company insiders that own RPC stock include Amy Rollins Kreisler, Ben M Palmer and Pam R Rollins. View Institutional Ownership Trends for RPC.

RES stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including RE Advisers Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, First Trust Advisors LP, Invesco Ltd., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Mackenzie Financial Corp and Mackenzie Financial Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for RPC.

RES stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Van ECK Associates Corp, Victory Capital Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley and Cibc World Markets Corp. Company insiders that have bought RPC stock in the last two years include Amy Rollins Kreisler and Pam R Rollins. View Insider Buying and Selling for RPC.

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 $5.6950.

RPC has a market capitalization of $1.22 billion 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]