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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 29th. The oil and gas company reported ($0.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.13) by $0.03. The oil and gas company earned $1.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.52 billion. The business's revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.22) earnings per share. View Weatherford International's Earnings History.

Weatherford International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Weatherford International.

Weatherford International will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 1st at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8663938572.

21 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Weatherford International's stock. Their forecasts range from $0.46 to $7.00. On average, they expect Weatherford International's share price to reach $3.0811 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 516.2% 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 4 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Weatherford International.

News coverage about WFT stock has trended negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Weatherford International earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating 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 drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 108,877,731 shares, a drop of 8.1% from the December 14th total of 118,478,115 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 46,016,965 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 11.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Weatherford International's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Weatherford International include 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.06%) and Virtu Financial LLC (0.04%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virtu Financial LLC and Bank of Montreal Can. 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 $0.50.

Weatherford International has a market capitalization of $500.46 million 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.

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]