NYSE:WLLWhiting Petroleum Stock Price, Forecast & News

Whiting Petroleum's stock was trading at $0.8217 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WLL shares have increased by 67.9% and is now trading at $1.38. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Whiting Petroleum in the last year. There are currently 12 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Whiting Petroleum.

Whiting Petroleum is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Whiting Petroleum.

Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 27th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.22) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.44) by $0.22. The oil and gas exploration company earned $380.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $375.97 million. Whiting Petroleum had a negative return on equity of 6.94% and a negative net margin of 266.24%. View Whiting Petroleum's earnings history.

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 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.

25 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Whiting Petroleum's shares. Their forecasts range from $0.75 to $20.00. On average, they expect Whiting Petroleum's stock price to reach $8.81 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 538.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Whiting Petroleum.

Press coverage about WLL stock has been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring 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 coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutWhiting Petroleum.

Whiting Petroleum saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 37,250,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the April 30th total of 34,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 23,760,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 40.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View Whiting Petroleum's Current Options Chain.

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

Whiting Petroleum's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (20.02%), BlackRock Inc. (15.23%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.36%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.35%), Invesco Ltd. (1.25%) and Quantitative Investment Management LLC (0.99%). Company insiders that own Whiting Petroleum stock include 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, and Voloridge Investment Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Whiting Petroleum.

WLL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Advisers LP, Quantitative Investment Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Jane Street Group LLC, Invesco Ltd., Legal & General Group Plc, and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $1.38.

Whiting Petroleum has a market capitalization of $126.15 million and generates $1.57 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas exploration company earns $-241,170,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.86) on an earnings per share basis. Whiting Petroleum employs 755 workers across the globe.

The official website for Whiting Petroleum is 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]