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) released its earnings results on Friday, July, 27th. The oil and gas company reported ($0.16) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.18) by $0.02. The oil and gas company had revenue of $1.45 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.47 billion. Weatherford International had a negative return on equity of 283.53% and a negative net margin of 46.44%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.28) earnings per share. View Weatherford International's Earnings History.

Weatherford International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October, 29th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Weatherford International.

21 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Weatherford International's stock. Their forecasts range from $2.00 to $7.00. On average, they anticipate Weatherford International's share price to reach $4.5706 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 92.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Weatherford International.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Weatherford International in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Weatherford International.

Weatherford International saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 108,669,995 shares, an increase of 0.8% from the August 15th total of 109,587,130 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 16,335,186 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.7 days. Approximately 11.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View Weatherford International's Current Options Chain.

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Media stories about WFT stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Weatherford International earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the oil and gas company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Weatherford International.

Weatherford International's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (3.28%), Scopia Capital Management LP (2.68%), Van ECK Associates Corp (2.54%), Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management LP (2.15%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (1.93%) and FMR LLC (1.25%). Company insiders that own Weatherford International stock include 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 Scopia Capital Management LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Gabelli Funds LLC, SCP Investment LP, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL and Comerica Bank. Company insiders that have sold Weatherford International company stock in the last year include Douglas M Mills and William E Macaulay. View Insider Buying and Selling for Weatherford International.

WFT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Sandia Holdings LLC, Luminus Management LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management LP, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, Sustainable Insight Capital Management LLC and Legal & General Group Plc. 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 $2.37.

Weatherford International has a market capitalization of $2.47 billion and generates $5.70 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $-2,813,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.16) on an earnings per share basis. Weatherford International employs 29,200 workers across the globe.

Weatherford International's mailing address is WESTSTRASSE 1 6340, 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]