NYSE:WLL - Whiting Petroleum Stock Price, Forecast & News

Whiting Petroleum trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WLL."

Whiting Petroleum's stock reverse split before market open on Thursday, November 9th 2017. The 1-4 reverse split was announced on Wednesday, November 8th 2017. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Wednesday, November 8th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Whiting Petroleum stock prior to the reverse split would have 25 shares after the split.

Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.38) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.08) by $0.30. The oil and gas exploration company had revenue of $372.89 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $405.25 million. Whiting Petroleum had a negative return on equity of 1.90% and a net margin of 6.62%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 34.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.92 earnings per share. View Whiting Petroleum's Earnings History.

Whiting Petroleum is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Whiting Petroleum.

Whiting Petroleum will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

23 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Whiting Petroleum's shares. Their forecasts range from $1.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate Whiting Petroleum's stock price to reach $11.94 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 416.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Whiting Petroleum.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Whiting Petroleum in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 15 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Whiting Petroleum.

News headlines about WLL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Whiting Petroleum earned a daily sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Whiting Petroleum.

Whiting Petroleum saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 31,270,000 shares, a decrease of 11.1% from the January 15th total of 35,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,830,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 34.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Whiting Petroleum's Current Options Chain.

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Whiting Petroleum's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (8.73%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (5.46%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.55%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.42%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.27%) and Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC (0.72%). Company insiders that own Whiting Petroleum stock include David M Seery, James E Catlin, Michael J Stevens, Peter Hagist, Philip Edward Doty, Rick A Mr Ross and William N Hahne. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Whiting Petroleum.

WLL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Prudential Financial Inc., UBS Group AG, Royce & Associates LP, Geode Capital Management LLC, X Square Capital LLC and Arizona State Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Whiting Petroleum company stock in the last year include Peter Hagist and Philip Edward Doty. View Insider Buying and Selling for Whiting Petroleum.

WLL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Creative Planning, Caymus Capital Partners L.P., FMR LLC and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. View Insider Buying and Selling for Whiting Petroleum.

Shares of WLL 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WLL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.31.

Whiting Petroleum has a market capitalization of $210.90 million and generates $2.08 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas exploration company earns $342.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.18 on an earnings per share basis. Whiting Petroleum employs 755 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Whiting Petroleum.

The official website for Whiting Petroleum is http://www.whiting.com/.

Whiting Petroleum's mailing address is 1700 LINCOLN STREET SUITE 4700, DENVER CO, 80203. The oil and gas exploration company can be reached via phone at 303-837-1661 or via email at [email protected]