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 shares 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 market closes 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 5th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.38) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.08) by $0.30. The oil and gas exploration company had revenue of $372.89 million for 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 business's quarterly revenue was down 34.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Whiting Petroleum's stock. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect Whiting Petroleum's share price to reach $13.42 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 170.7% 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 stories about WLL stock have trended very negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Whiting Petroleum earned a coverage optimism score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Whiting Petroleum.

Whiting Petroleum saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 35,160,000 shares, an increase of 9.5% from the December 15th total of 32,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,710,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.0 days. Approximately 38.8% of the shares of the company 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Caymus Capital Partners L.P. (0.19%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), OTA Financial Group L.P. (0.03%), Brave Asset Management Inc. (0.02%) and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.02%). 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 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 Caymus Capital Partners L.P., OTA Financial Group L.P., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and FNY Investment Advisers 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 $4.96.

Whiting Petroleum has a market capitalization of $452.39 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]