NYSE:WFT - Weatherford International Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Weatherford International trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WFT."

Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 1st. The oil and gas company reported ($0.14) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.02. The oil and gas company earned $1.43 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.44 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.33) EPS. View Weatherford International's Earnings History.

Weatherford International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Weatherford International.

19 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Weatherford International's shares. Their forecasts range from $0.46 to $5.00. On average, they anticipate Weatherford International's stock price to reach $2.0738 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 176.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Weatherford International.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Weatherford International in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Weatherford International.

Media stories about WFT stock have trended somewhat negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Weatherford International earned a news impact score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Weatherford International saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 101,449,217 shares, an increase of 5.7% from the February 15th total of 95,961,089 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 23,447,409 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 10.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Weatherford International's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Weatherford International include Cactus (WHD), Dril-Quip (DRQ), NOW (DNOW), Oil States International (OIS), Newpark Resources (NR), Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (SOI), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), QS Energy (QSEP), Deep Down (DPDW) and Freestone Resources (FSNR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Weatherford International investors own include General Electric (GE), Micron Technology (MU), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Ford Motor (F), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Bank of America (BAC), Schlumberger (SLB), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Edap Tms (EDAP) and Transocean (RIG).

Weatherford International's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management LP (3.44%), Van ECK Associates Corp (2.73%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (2.15%), Poplar Forest Capital LLC (1.37%), Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C. (1.12%) and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (1.11%). Company insiders that own Weatherford International stock include Angela A Minas, Douglas M Mills and William E Macaulay. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Weatherford International.

WFT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, FMR LLC, Sapience Investments LLC, Gabelli Funds LLC, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Comerica Bank, Doyle Wealth Management and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. View Insider Buying and Selling for Weatherford International.

WFT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management LP, Scepter Holdings Inc., Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Norges Bank, Two Sigma Investments LP, Mackenzie Financial Corp and Poplar Forest Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Weatherford International.

Shares of WFT 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 WFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $0.7490.

Weatherford International has a market capitalization of $751.33 million and generates $5.74 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $-2,811,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.59) on an earnings per share basis. Weatherford International employs 26,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Weatherford International is http://www.weatherford.com.

Weatherford International's mailing address is WESTSTRASSE 1, BAAR V8, CH 6340. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at 41-22-816-1500 or via email at [email protected]