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 for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.12) by $0.02. The oil and gas company had revenue of $1.43 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.44 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.33) earnings per share. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Weatherford International's stock. 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 167.5% 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.

Media stories about WFT stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Weatherford International earned a news sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Weatherford International saw a increase in short interest in 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 volume of 20,151,727 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.2 days. Currently, 10.6% of the company's shares are short sold. 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).

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), Schlumberger (SLB), Bank of America (BAC), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ford Motor (F), Edap Tms (EDAP) and Transocean (RIG).

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 bought 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 $0.7754.

Weatherford International has a market capitalization of $777.82 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, 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]