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 quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 1st. The oil and gas company reported ($0.14) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.02. The oil and gas company earned $1.43 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.44 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted ($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.

18 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Weatherford International's stock. Their forecasts range from $0.46 to $5.00. On average, they expect Weatherford International's share price to reach $2.0738 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 141.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Weatherford International.

18 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 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Weatherford International.

Headlines about WFT stock have trended very positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Weatherford International earned a media sentiment score of 3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Weatherford International saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 104,870,450 shares, an increase of 1.2% from the January 15th total of 106,157,973 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 20,151,727 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.2 days. Approximately 10.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Weatherford International's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Weatherford International include Cactus (WHD), NOW (DNOW), Dril-Quip (DRQ), 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).

Weatherford International's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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, Sapience Investments LLC, Gabelli Funds LLC, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Comerica Bank, Doyle Wealth Management, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and New York State Common Retirement Fund. 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, Two Sigma Investments LP, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Poplar Forest Capital LLC and Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.. 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 $0.8587.

Weatherford International has a market capitalization of $859.49 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 29,200 workers across the globe.

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

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]