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 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 quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 5th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.38) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.08) by $0.30. The oil and gas exploration company earned $372.89 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 revenue was down 34.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.92 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Whiting Petroleum's stock. 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 296.6% 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.

Media stories about WLL stock have been trending negative on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Whiting Petroleum earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 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 press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. 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 trading volume of 8,830,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Currently, 34.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Whiting Petroleum's Current Options Chain.

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Whiting Petroleum's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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%), Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC (0.72%) and Guggenheim Capital LLC (0.62%). 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, X Square Capital LLC, Arizona State Retirement System and Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC. 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 purchased 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 $3.01.

Whiting Petroleum has a market capitalization of $274.81 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]