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

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

Shares of Whiting Petroleum reverse split on the morning of 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 analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.08) by $0.30. The oil and gas exploration company earned $372.89 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $405.25 million. Whiting Petroleum had a net margin of 6.62% and a negative return on equity of 1.90%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 34.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.92 EPS. View Whiting Petroleum's Earnings History.

Whiting Petroleum is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Whiting Petroleum.

23 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Whiting Petroleum's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate Whiting Petroleum's stock price to reach $13.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 178.9% 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 4 sell ratings, 15 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Whiting Petroleum.

News articles about WLL stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, 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 gave news stories about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Whiting Petroleum.

Whiting Petroleum saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 35,160,000 shares, an increase of 9.5% from the December 31st total of 32,100,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,660,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 38.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Whiting Petroleum's Current Options Chain.

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Whiting Petroleum's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.51%), Caymus Capital Partners L.P. (0.19%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.07%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.07%) and Dupont Capital Management Corp (0.06%). 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 Arizona State Retirement System, Brave Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Louisiana State Employees 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 California Public Employees Retirement System, Caymus Capital Partners L.P., Dupont Capital Management Corp, SG Americas Securities LLC, OTA Financial Group L.P., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, FNY Investment Advisers LLC and CWM Advisors LLC. 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 $4.81.

Whiting Petroleum has a market capitalization of $439.15 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]